oblique sailing

noun

The movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.

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Meanings

nounoblique sailing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenauticalThe movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.
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