International Code of Signals

American  

noun

1. a system of maritime signals adopted by many of the maritime nations of the world, using flag, semaphore, and Morse codes in which letters or letter combinations are given arbitrary designations readily understood without requiring translation.

---

Example Sentences

We had no means of communication with the naval ships at sea other than the universally understood International Code of Signals.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)

R.O.—A hulking big copy of the International Code of Signals: a putrid bad book, of which I am preparing, in odd moments, a recension, to submit to the Board of Trade.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

We had no Articles of our Association, no charters, no covenants; our only documents were the International Code of Signals and the Rule of the Road at Sea.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)