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sailable, a. Now rare.|ˈseɪləb(ə)l|
[f. sail v.1 + -able.]
1. Of a ship, etc.: That can be sailed or navigated; that is in a condition to sail. ? Obs.
1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §16 How to make a Sea-castle or Fortification Cannon-proof yet sailable at pleasure. 1698Langford in Phil. Trans. XX. 410 If a Man keeps his Ship sailable.
2. Of the sea, a river, etc.: That can be sailed on, navigable.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. ix. 196 The Gerrites..dwell vpon the floude Boristhenes, about the place wher it becometh first saileable. 1611Cotgr., Navigable, nauigable, sailable, passable by shipping. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 56 The River which is Sailable round to Durmapatan. 1976New Scientist 16 Dec. 646/2 A sailable expanse of water. |