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rhumb sailing

rhumb sailing noun: the course of a vessel keeping straight on a rhumb line.

Noun

rhumb sailing (uncountable)

  1. The course of a vessel keeping straight on a rhumb line.

Questions about rhumb sailing

What does rhumb sailing mean?
Rhumb sailing means the course of a vessel keeping straight on a rhumb line.
What part of speech is rhumb sailing?
Rhumb sailing is a noun.

Words near rhumb sailing in the dictionary

  1. rhum
  2. rhum agricole
  3. rhumb
  4. rhumb line
  5. rhumb lines
  6. rhumb sailing
  7. rhumb-line
  8. rhumb-lines
  9. rhumba
  10. rhumbaed
  11. rhumbaing

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