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View synonyms for rule of the road

rule of the road

noun

, Nautical.
  1. any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rule of the road1

First recorded in 1870–75

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