maiden voyage

noun

the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.

Origin of maiden voyage

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby maiden voyage

maiden castle, maiden name, maiden over, maiden pink, maiden speech, maiden voyage, maiden's-tears, maidenhair, maidenhair fern, maidenhair spleenwort, maidenhair tree

British Dictionary definitions for maiden voyage

maiden voyage

noun

nautical the first voyage of a vessel

Idioms and Phrases with maiden voyage

maiden voyage

The first experience, as in This tennis tournament is my maiden voyage in statewide competition. This term, originally meaning the first voyage of a ship, was first recorded in 1901, but the use of maiden to signify “the first time” dates from the mid-1500s.