lubber line
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I'd have to leave the wheel to get a fix on the lubber line.
From Time Magazine Archive
At night, the big lubber line is easy to use, although the light is brighter than ideal.
From Time Magazine Archive
At night, the battery light was even, with little flaring, but the thin lubber line was hard to resolve.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dick couldn't see them or the compass lubber line; he had to guess a bearing from the center of the picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now go to your compass and see that its lubber line is exactly fore and aft and in the keel line of the ship.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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