seafaring

[US]/ˈsiːfeərɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈsiːferɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. related to traveling by sea, maritime

Example Sentences

seafaring peoples of the world; seafaring nations.

the ghost-fleets of the Serenissim'as seafaring past.

a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians

but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it, bring me my fourpenny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for 'the seafaring man with one leg.

Real-world Examples

The discovery of ocean gyres will revolutionize seafaring.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

He couldn't help admiring the trim appearance and bold manner of this diminutive seafaring character.

Source: Stuart Little

First he wrote realistic seafaring plays and then he wrote realistic landlubber ones.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

With their steely navigational skills, advanced long-ships and fearsome tactics, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over three hundred years.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

He was an aged man, clad in seafaring garb, with an old pea-jacket buttoned up to his throat.

Source: The Sign of the Four

It's a beautiful nod to the seafaring history of Al Wakrah, the city where the stadium is located.

Source: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Soon all the seafaring nations of Western Europe had the technology to sail across the Atlantic and around the world.

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

His firm has taken the seafaring world by stealth.

Source: Economist Business

Once home to a glorious fleet of over 200 trading vessels, for centuries Dubrovnik was one of the world's great seafaring cities.

Source: Cloud Travel Handbook

So it's no surprise that seafaring is inextricably linked to Venice.

Source: The World From A to Z

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