spar buoy
noun
nautical a buoy resembling a vertical log
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How to use spar buoy in a sentence
A glance in the direction indicated showed the boys an object like a spar buoy apparently standing upright in the water.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey RalphsonHe had paid out nearly two miles of cord, when the top kite, a little two-footer, stood straight over the spar buoy in Newark Bay.
The spar buoy (fig. 50) may be adopted for situations where strong tides or currents prevail.
There's a black-and-red spar buoy there, as you see, but we haven't sighted it.
The Adventure Club Afloat | Ralph Henry Barbour
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