compass course
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of compass course
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Finisterre took a starboard tack off Newport with a 163� compass course.
From Time Magazine Archive
Comte leveled out on a compass course for Bloemfontein and nosed out of the cloud.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dirty fog shut down over all of the south-east by daylight, forcing the flyer to steer a compass course over a mist-blotted earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
In any case, war between Germany and Russia called for a new compass course from Skipper Curran.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Variation is easterly, the true course will be as many points or degrees to the right of the compass course.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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