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单词 nun buoy
释义

nun buoy

[ nuhn ]
/ nʌn /

noun

a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.
Compare can buoy.

Origin of nun buoy

1695–1705; obsolete nun spinning top + buoy

Words nearby nun buoy

numskull, nun, nunatak, nunation, Nunavut, nun buoy, nunc, Nunc Dimittis, nunchaku, nunciature, nuncio
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Example sentences from the Web for nun buoy

  • The boat shaved a nun-buoy outside Barmouth Point so closely that Staff could almost have touched it by stretching out his arm.

    The Bandbox|Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for nun buoy

nun buoy
/ (nʌn) /

noun

nautical a buoy, conical at the top, marking the right side of a channel leading into a harbour: green in British waters but red in US watersCompare can buoy

Word Origin for nun buoy

C18: from obsolete nun a child's spinning top + buoy
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