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ˈcross-ˈbearings Naut.
[cross a. or adv.]
The bearings of two or more points taken from a point of reference so as to give their angular distance from each other, or, when their positions are known, to plot the position of a ship on a chart.
1809Visct. Valentia Voy. India, etc. (1811) II. viii. 342 Its distance was ascertained to be seventy miles, by a set of cross bearings taken from the island. 1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan xiii. 310 On taking the cross-bearings, it was found..that the ships had not shifted their places a mile. |