sail-borne

But coal is seldom found at tidewater, and those areas where agriculture support large populations engaged in sail-borne trade were frequently far from sources of coal.

Energy and Society~ Chapter 5~ Steam~ Key to the Industrial Revolution 2009

The resources of the sea first tempted man to trust himself to its dangerous surface; but their rewards were slight in comparison with the wealth of experiences and influences to which he fell heir, after he learned to convert the barrier of the untrod waste into a highway for his sail-borne keel.

Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897