spar buoy

British  

noun

1. nautical a buoy resembling a vertical log

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Example Sentences

Here she hung a while, stern high in air, like a huge, weighted spar buoy.

From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2012

She took up her position close to the black spar buoy at the harbor entrance, and one by one the contestants chugged up to her and clamored for their ratings.

From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry

A shrill cry now came from one of the crew in the yawl alongside the spar buoy, followed instantly by the clear, ringing order, "GO AHEAD!"

From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

I just wanted to get sight of a spar buoy about here.

From The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils by Webster, Frank V.

That her off back of the spar buoy?

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby