Buoyage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Buoyage is a noun meaning A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
Meaning
A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
More Meanings
- (nautical) Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
- A fee charged to all boats that use waters that are marked with buoys, which goes to their maintenance.
Example Sentences
In some charted waters, obsolescent buoyage ( Uniform System of Buoyage ) may still be encountered .
There is no description available of the vessel, which served here until it was replaced by buoyage marking these channels .
In the absence of a route leading from seaward , the conventional direction of buoyage generally follows a clockwise direction around land masses.
This chart will be affected by the introduction of a new system of buoyage (IALA System A) scheduled for implementation between April and August 1977.
Word Forms
- buoyages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lighting, tagging, marking, mark-up, markup, beacon.
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