coasting

English

Verb

coasting

  1. present participle of coast

Noun

coasting (plural coastings)

  1. The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
    • 1772, A Select Collection of Letters of the Late Reverend George Whitefield (page 390)
      Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.

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