boating, yachting
(noun) water travel for pleasure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yachting
present participle of yacht
yachting (countable and uncountable, plural yachtings)
(often, attributive) A physical activity involving boats, be it racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
Source: Wiktionary
Yacht"ing, n.
Definition: Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.
Yacht, n. Etym: [D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen, OHG. jag, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG. gahi quick, sudden (cf. Gay).] (Naut.)
Definition: A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc. Yacht measurement. See the Note under Tonnage, 4.
Yacht, v. i.
Definition: To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
