logbook
Americannoun
noun
-
a book containing the official record of trips made by a ship or aircraft; log
-
(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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At one well, where neighbors lamented the loss of a mango grove, a handwritten logbook listed the water runs of a crisis: 3:15 and 4:10 one morning; 12:58, 2:27 and 3:29 the next.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
He recorded in his logbook that on 18 August 1940 he bailed out of his Hurricane near the Thames Estuary after it was hit by a German aircraft.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
Russell still had his logbook and saw that while he didn’t mention anything about the UFO in the book, his flight was logged.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023
Its rescue was made possible thanks to the hard work of over 4,000 volunteers who transcribed more than 28,000 logbook images from the US Navy fleet stationed at Hawai'i from 1941-1945.
From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023
He borrowed a logbook from Captain Gibaut, and copied it—just to be sure he knew how a log was kept.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
