Nautical
['nɔːtɪk(ə)l] or ['nɔtɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; 'nautical charts'; 'maritime law'; 'marine insurance' .
Editor: Nell--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
Editor: Sidney
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MARINE]
Typist: Willard
Definition
adj. of or pertaining to ships to sailors or to navigation: naval: marine.—adv. Nau′tically.—Nautical almanac an almanac giving information specially useful to sailors; Nautical mile one-sixtieth of a degree measured at the Equator (=about 2025 yards).
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- Right y' are, sir, answered the seaman, going to the door with another nautical salutation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It appears to me that this maxim is applicable to the medical as well as to the nautical profession. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You must excuse me if I occasionally introduce a nautical expression; I was quite a sailor once. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Along this latter road they walked, the three gentlemen abreast, and Gurt, considerably bewildered, rolling behind in his nautical way. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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