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buoyage
[ boo-ee-ij, boi-ij ]
/ ˈbu i ɪdʒ, ˈbɔɪ ɪdʒ /
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noun Nautical.
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How to use buoyage in a sentence
The appendix contains, inter alia, an illustrated description of the British Buoyage System.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh NewtonThe buoyage has, perhaps, been reset in the interval of a voyage's absence.
Merchantmen-at-Arms|David W. BoneIn 1882 a conference was held upon a proposal to establish a uniform system of buoyage.
An international uniform system of buoyage, although desirable, appears impracticable.
British Dictionary definitions for buoyage
buoyage
/ (ˈbɔɪɪdʒ) /
noun
a system of buoys
the buoys used in such a system
the providing of buoys
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