nun buoy
[ nuhn ]
/ nʌn /
noun
a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.
Compare
can buoy.
Origin of nun buoy
1695–1705; obsolete
nun spinning top +
buoy
Words nearby nun buoy
nummulitic limestone,
numnah,
numpty,
numskull,
nun,
nun buoy,
nun river,
nun's cloth,
nun's fiddle,
nun's veiling,
nunatak
Example sentences from the Web for nun buoy
The boat shaved a nun-buoy outside Barmouth Point so closely that Staff could almost have touched it by stretching out his arm.
The Bandbox |Louis Joseph Vance
British Dictionary definitions for nun buoy
nun buoy
/ (nʌn) /
noun
nautical
a buoy, conical at the top, marking the right side of a channel leading into a harbour: green in British waters but red in US waters
Compare can buoy
Word Origin for nun buoy
C18: from obsolete
nun a child's spinning top +
buoy