[f. prec. sb., or back-formation from YACHTING sb.] intr. To make a trip in a yacht. (Chiefly in gerund or pres. pple.)
1836. Marryat, Midsh. Easy, xix. We must swear that it is a party of pleasure, and that we are gentlemen yachting.
1858. S. Wilberforce, Sp. Missions (1874), 243. Sir James Brooke … not content with yachting it about amidst orange flowering groves,… conceived a great work amongst the Malay race.
1863. Speke, Jrnl., 260. Sometimes the king spends a fortnight yachting.
1867. Nation (N.Y.), 3 Jan., 1/1. The only one of the owners who yachted as well as raced, by being on board his own craft.
