logbook

[lawg-book, log-]

noun

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

logbook

/ ˈlɒɡˌbʊk /

noun

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

2. (formerly) a document listing the registration, manufacture, ownership and previous owners, etc, of a motor vehicle Compare registration document

Word History and Origins

Origin of logbook¹

1670–80; log ¹ (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book

Example Sentences

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.

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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.”

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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.

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But in reality, prosecutors say Swensen and his company made falsified entries on maintenance logbooks and altered sale orders and packing slips to match the falsified entries.

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Captain, I want this, I want this to write it in your logbook.

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• table 
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