sea legsn.
jocular.
In phrases, to have or get one's sea legs on, to find one's sea legs, to have or acquire the power of walking steadily on the deck of a ship. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > in something specified
engineership1652
to have one's sea legs on1712
adeptship1816
social skills1923
chops1968
society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become accustomed to the sea
to find one's sea legs1712
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > power of > on or after being on a ship
to have one's sea legs on1712
land legs1871
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 8 They had..got their Sea-Legs.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ii. 12 In addition to all this, I had not got my ‘sea legs on’.
1895 D. Lloyd George Let. 27 Mar. (1973) 83 I have got my sea legs in the House. They now listen to me with deference.
1898 S. Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home xii. 286 I have been..a seaman for fifteen years, and have never yet found my sea-legs.
1977 Rolling Stone 7 Apr. 78/3 Sailin', then, is a solid album by a promising singer/songwriter who is still finding her sea legs.
Derivatives
sea-legged adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [adjective] > adapted to seafaring life
sea-legged1913
sea-salted1925
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > able to walk > on ship
sea-legged1913
1913 W. de la Mare Peacock Pie 109 Here is a sea-legged sailor.
1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 55 Goodbye to the man on the sea-legged deck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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