plural of fleet landing

(watersports, sailing, yachting) A type of sport sail yachting event where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time. (The famous Whitbread or Volvo Ocean Race, is of this type, as is the America's Cup World Series, and Extreme Sailing Series.)

(watersports, sailing, yachting) A race in sport sail yachting where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time.

a fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.

plural of merchant fleet

The place along a shoreline or pier used by sailors to go ashore or board a boat / A place where sailors meet after coming ashore.

plural of Fleet Street dove

(archaic, British slang) A prostitute.

(nautical, historical) To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

superlative form of fleet: most fleet