sea room

noun

The space at sea necessary to manoeuvre a ship.

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Meanings

nounsea room (uncountable)

alternative sea-room

  1. uncountableThe space at sea necessary to manoeuvre a ship.

    Last Monday (July 31st) we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated.

    1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC

Translations

French mer libre
  • mer librespace to manoeuvre ship
Hebrew מֶרְחַב תִּמְרוּן
  • מֶרְחַב תִּמְרוּן (merkhav timrun)space to manoeuvre ship
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Chicago

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