logbook
Americannoun
noun
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a book containing the official record of trips made by a ship or aircraft; log
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(formerly) a document listing the registration, manufacture, ownership and previous owners, etc, of a motor vehicle Compare registration document
Etymology
Origin of logbook
1670–80; log 1 (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book
Example Sentences
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The seller also showed him what appeared to be a genuine logbook, complete with watermarks and had matching ID.
From BBC
For Kamookak, a vital part of that search was comparing Inuit stories with the logbooks and journals written by the many explorers who had gone looking for Franklin.
From Literature
The final entry in the logbook read: “After four score and three years, St. George Reef Light is dark. ... May Mother Nature show you mercy. You have been abandoned, but never will you be forgotten.”
From Los Angeles Times
In the platypus attendant's logbook, the interns found evidence that his rations en route were being decreased as some of the worms began to perish.
From BBC
Captain, I want this, I want this to write it in your logbook.
From BBC
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