(~s)
1.
Sailing is the activity or sport of ~ boats.
There was swimming and ~ down on the lake.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Sailings are trips made by a ship carrying passengers.
Ferry companies are providing extra ~s from Calais...
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft supp N
3.
If you say that a task was not all plain ~, you mean that it was not very easy.
Pregnancy wasn’t all plain ~ and once again there were problems...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR