pelorus
Americannoun
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peloruses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pelorus
1850–55; perhaps < Latin Pelōrus, now Faro in Sicily, a cape which requires skill in navigation
Example Sentences
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Zircon took sightings with the pelorus, then calculated his readings.
From The Pirates of Shan by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
Now turn the lubber line of the pelorus to East.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
In other words, if the ship is heading NW, the pelorus must be set with the NW point on the lubber line when the bearing is taken of any object.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Steady the ship on this heading until the shadow from the pelorus vane at the proper L.A.T. cuts the circumference of the pelorus dial at the proper magnetic bearing.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Second, it must be remembered that the bearing of any object obtained from the pelorus is the bearing by compass.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
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