pratique

American  

[pra-teek, prat-ik, pra-teek] / præˈtik, ˈpræt ɪk, praˈtik /

noun

1. license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.

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pratique British  

/ præˈtiːk, ˈprætiːk /

noun

1. formal permission given to a vessel to use a foreign port upon satisfying the requirements of local health authorities

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Etymology

Origin of pratique

1600–10; < French: practice < Medieval Latin practica. See practice

Example Sentences

Il pratique la natation et est végétarien – c’est la seule cause qu’il intègre dans son travail.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

This sanitary permission to deal with people ashore maritime men call "pratique."

From Time Magazine Archive

Hereafter most passenger ships bound for New York may avoid all delay at Quarantine by taking advantage of "radio pratique."

From Time Magazine Archive

Fact is also, your answer will satisfy only that handful of "experts" who rate artistic pratique through some strange omniscient power to see Art in limp watches and nauseating distortions of the commonplace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hand over your bill of health, that I may see whether you can have pratique.'

From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)