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COLREGS

COLREGS proper noun: international Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the rules published by the International Maritime Organization to prevent collisions involving boats.

Proper noun (1)

COLREGS

  1. (international law) International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the rules published by the International Maritime Organization to prevent collisions involving boats.
    • The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision RULE at Sea (COLREGS) apply to all vessels, from kayaks to ocean-liners, on all of the oceans and bodies of water outside the magenta (red) Demarcation Line printed on charts.1998, Charles Wing, Boating Magazine's One Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road
    • There are no material differences between the COLREGS and Inland Rule.2005, Craig H. Allen, Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road, page 14

Proper noun (2) capitalized: COLREGs

COLREGs

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of COLREGS.

Forms of COLREGS

alternative formCOLREG
alternative formCOLREGs

Origin of COLREGS

Blend of collision + regulations.

Questions about COLREGS

What does COLREGS mean?
COLREGS means international Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the rules published by the International Maritime Organization to prevent collisions involving boats.
What part of speech is COLREGS?
COLREGS is a proper noun.

Words near COLREGS in the dictionary

  1. Colquitt
  2. Colquitt County
  3. Colquitts
  4. Colrain
  5. COLREG
  6. COLREGS
  7. Colridge
  8. cols
  9. cols.
  10. Colson
  11. colstaff

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