What does the word nautical mean?
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Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for nautical
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The Nautical Almanack gives the height it would be at noon on that day along every parallel so that a few figures enabled him to ascertain how far north we had sailed. – A Yacht Voyage Round England by W.H.G. Kingston
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On the bosom of that river I gained my first practical experience of affairs nautical, and many a trip I made down to Appledore with my schoolfellow Ned Treggellis, in a boat which, had not a special providence watched over us, would speedily have consigned us to the muddy bottom of the stream. – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston