parasailn.
/ˈparəseɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌseɪl/ A parachute designed for parasailing.In quot. 1964: a large parachute.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [adjective]
parasail1962
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > types of parachute
drogue1919
free parachute1920
parachute1942
ribbon chute1945
ribbon parachute1946
parasheet1951
parajute1956
parasail1962
paraglider1971
paraflight1980
paramotor1993
1962 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 24 Sept. 2/6 The Parasail acts as a kite and the wearer is airborne in approximately 50 to 75 feet... When the towing vehicle stops the Parasail slowly descends to the ground.
1964 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pennsylvania) 2 Apr. 3/7 An oft-delayed drop-test of a dummy Gemini capsule with an over-sized parachute called a ‘parasail’ has been tentatively rescheduled.
1978 Aviation Week 18 Sept. 58/3 All 16 astronaut candidates were given parasail flights to simulate descent in water after ejection from aircraft.
1981 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 June 15/2 A para-sail, a specially designed parachute, is attached by rope to a boat.
1986 Waterski Internat. June 64/1 The offering includes..towboats, pontoon boat,..a huge floating parasail platform and all waterskis and associated equipment.
2000 Holiday & Leisure Spring 137/1 For a change in scenery, try strapping on a parasail and let it take you gliding quietly above Clearwater Harbour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
parasailv.
/ˈparəseɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌseɪl/ intransitive. To glide through the air wearing a parachute while being towed by a motor boat; to engage in the sport or activity of parasailing. Also occasionally transitive: to traverse by parasailing.
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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)]
parachute1860
parasail1964
base jump1984
society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > convey or drop by parachute [verb (transitive)]
parachute1812
paradrop1944
parasail1964
1964 Des Moines (Iowa) Sunday Reg. 31 May 1/5 (caption) After his parachute opens, Mills is lifted high above the water and para-sails behind his 37-foot cabin cruiser.
1969 Look 29 July 32/3 Some Minnesotans while away many an icy hour parasailing in the snow.
1977 Times 2 Apr. 13/3 I did not parasail (that's being towed behind a speedboat fastened to a parachute).
1987 Times 4 Sept. 5 An attempt to para-sail the Channel.
1997 Time Out N.Y. 31 July 114/1 Thousands of vacationers boat, parasail, and swim in its limpid waters every summer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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