logbook

[ lawg-book, log- ]

/ ˈlɔgˌbʊk, ˈlɒg- /

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noun

a book in which details of a trip made by a ship or aircraft are recorded; log

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Origin of logbook

1670–80; log¹ (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book

Words nearby logbook

logaphasia, logarithm, logarithmic, logarithmic function, logasthenia, logbook, log chip, loge, loggan stone, logger, loggerhead

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How to use logbook in a sentence

“The beauty of the sky is the most poignant we have seen,” he wrote in his logbook upon ascending 10 miles above the earth.
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Some trifle, probably the logbook which Davies had reached down from the shelf, called her attention to the rest of our library.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
They look casually at the shelf among other things—examine the logbook, say—and he manages to push his own book out of sight.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
How they cherished her figurehead and exhibited her logbook!
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812|James Barnes

The skipper solemnly read to me an entry in the Official Logbook to the effect that on the night of ——, in lat.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen
The distribution of certain whales as shown by logbook records of American whaleships.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood

British Dictionary definitions for logbook

logbook

/ (ˈlɒɡˌbʊk) /

noun

a book containing the official record of trips made by a ship or aircraft; log

British (formerly) a document listing the registration, manufacture, ownership and previous owners, etc, of a motor vehicleCompare registration document

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