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traverse board

traverse board noun: a small board hung near the helmsman, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It was used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

Noun

traverse board (plural traverse boards)

  1. A small board hung near the helmsman, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It was used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

Forms of traverse board

pluraltraverse boards

Questions about traverse board

What does traverse board mean?
Traverse board means a small board hung near the helmsman, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It was used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.
What part of speech is traverse board?
Traverse board is a noun.
What is the plural of traverse board?
The plural of traverse board is traverse boards.

Words near traverse board in the dictionary

  1. traversal
  2. traversals
  3. traversary
  4. Traversay Islands
  5. traverse
  6. traverse board
  7. traverse boards
  8. Traverse City
  9. Traverse County
  10. traverse drill
  11. traverse drills

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