parallel sailing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parallel sailing
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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If east or west, on the parallel, and refers to parallel sailing.
From Project Gutenberg
Sailing, or the sailings, is a term applied to the different ways in which the path of a ship at sea, and the variations of its geographical position, are represented on paper, all which are explained under the various heads of great circle sailing, Mercator's sailing, middle latitude sailing, oblique sailing, parallel sailing, plane sailing.
From Project Gutenberg
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