( formal ) to begin a trip by sea :
a liner setting sail from New York
We set sail (for France) at high tide.
( formal ) to begin a trip by sea :
a liner setting sail from New York
We set sail (for France) at high tide.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005