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buoyage

noun

Etymology

From buoy + -age.

  1. derived from *gʷṓws✻ — “cow”
  2. derived from βόεος
  3. derived from boia — “a (leather) collar, band, fetter”
  4. derived from buie — “fetter, chain”
  5. derived from boeye — “shackle, fetter”
  6. inherited from *baukną✻
  7. derived from *baukn✻ — “beacon”
  8. derived from boue — “piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”
  9. derived from boeye — “float, buoy”
  10. inherited from boy
  11. suffixed as buoyage — “buoy + age”

Definitions

  1. A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.

    • It has not been considered necessary to make any special inspection of particular ports or rivers in the United Kingdom, the greater number of the Committee being already more or less familar with the buoyage of our coasts.
    • There is no description available of the vessel, which served here until it was replaced by buoyage marking these channels .
    • In the absence of a route leading from seaward , the conventional direction of buoyage generally follows a clockwise direction around land masses.

  2. Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used…

    Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.

    • This chart will be affected by the introduction of a new system of buoyage (IALA System A) scheduled for implementation between April and August 1977.
    • In some charted waters, obsolescent buoyage ( Uniform System of Buoyage ) may still be encountered .

  3. A fee charged to all boats that use waters that are marked with buoys, which goes to…

    A fee charged to all boats that use waters that are marked with buoys, which goes to their maintenance.

    • Another great drawback for ships coming here is the heavy tonnage dues which are laid on every outgoing ship and the heavy buoyage tax levied on the steamers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA