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seadrome

American  
[see-drohm] / ˈsiˌdroʊm /

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.


Etymology

Origin of seadrome

First recorded in 1920–25; sea + -drome

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Ellissen uses his position to call attention to Droste's plan for a seadrome, persuades the Lennartz shipbuilding firm to construct it.

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He decides that the lovers really mean well by him, flies away to summon the proper mechanical help to save the seadrome.

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Somewhere near the Equator they might pass within striking distance of Germany's seadrome, the S. S. Westphalen.

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Sabotaged by a rival shipbuilding firm the seadrome is slowly sinking.

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Then she switches her affection to Droste who sails off in his completed seadrome.

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