ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sailcraft

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sailcraft is a noun meaning A boat with one or more sails.

Meaning

A boat with one or more sails.

More Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The art of sailing.
  2. (astronautics) A spacecraft endowed with sail for propulsion purposes.

Example Sentences

But a discussion paper published in 2006 by the Brookings Institution called for a much bigger commitment, with government prizes ranging from $15 million for an Earth-Moon solar sailcraft race to as much as $100 million a year for improvements in African agriculture. Mr. McCain’s own proposal for spurring development of alternative energy sources was foreshadowed by a bill introduced last year in Congress that would establish a prize for breakthroughs in the development of hydrogen power.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sail, sailboat, sailer, sails, monotype, catboat.

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