buoyage.
A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
Meaning & usage
A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
A fee charged to all boats that use waters that are marked with buoys, which goes to their maintenance.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English buoy Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English buoyage From buoy + -age.
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