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parasailing, vbl. n.|ˈpærəseɪlɪŋ|
[f. para-3 + sailing vbl. n.]
The sport of gliding through the air attached to a parachute and towed by a speedboat. Also ˈparasail v. intr., to engage in the sport of parasailing; also trans., to travel across in this way; para-sailer, -sailor n., one who parasails. Cf. parascending vbl. n.
1969Look 29 July 32 Some Minnesotans while away many an icy hour parasailing in the snow. 1969Ibid. 33/3 How distant is the para-sailer rising in his diaper-like harness from the infant hurled aloft by his papa? 1975Times 10 May 12/4 For parasailing one takes a boat out..to a raft and is harnessed to a parachute. A speed boat then takes off and the parachute with it—into the air. The principle is the same as water-skiing..but one doesn't get wet. 1977Times 2 Apr. 13/3, I did not parasail (that's being towed behind a speedboat fastened to a parachute). 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 July 25/1 Para sailing—floating through the air strapped in a special harness under a parachute that plays in the wind as long as a powerful tow boat rides ahead in the foam—is the latest high for thrill seekers in Muskoka. 1981Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 June 15/2 The para-sailor is clipped into a harness which..is joined to the para-sail... The para-sailor and the two people holding the sail run a few steps as the boat speeds up. 1987Times 14 Jan. 10/8 The Indian Prime Minister donned a parachute and took to the skies in a spur-of-the-moment attempt at ‘parasailing’. 1987Times 4 Sept. 5 An attempt to para-sail the Channel. |