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can buoy

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noun

a cylindrical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker.

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Nearby words

  1. camus,
  2. camus, albert,
  3. camwood,
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  5. can,
  6. can do with,
  7. can of worms,
  8. can opener,
  9. can tho,
  10. can't
Compare nun buoy.

Origin of can buoy

First recorded in 1620–30
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Examples from the Web for can buoy

  • He had so little room that his main-boom hit the can-buoy as he swept by.

    The Seiners|James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

British Dictionary definitions for can buoy

can buoy

noun

nautical a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US watersCompare nun buoy
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