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traverse boards

traverse boards is the plural of traverse board.

Meaning of traverse board

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.

Questions about traverse boards

What is traverse boards the plural of?
Traverse boards is the plural of traverse board.

Words near traverse boards in the dictionary

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

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