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seamanship

[ see-muh n-ship ]

/ ˈsi mənˌʃɪp /

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noun

knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.

Origin of seamanship

First recorded in 1760–70; seaman + -ship

Words nearby seamanship

seam bowler, seaman, seaman apprentice, seaman recruit, seamanlike, seamanship, seamark, seamer, seami, seamless, seamoth

Example sentences from the Web for seamanship

Joe and Abe looked to it, testing every knot, however, and their seamanship told.

Tom Fairfield at Sea |Allen Chapman
He takes a terrible pride in his seamanship, and what hurts him most is the knowledge that he was guilty of the blunder.

The Mutiny of the Elsinore |Jack London
Every care that experience and seamanship could suggest had been bestowed upon her equipment.

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |Samuel Adams Drake
(p. 171) The superiority of American gunnery and American seamanship was again established beyond dispute.

The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 |J. T. Headley.

All that seamanship could do had been done, and they were now waiting the result.

The Cornish Fishermen's Watch Night and Other Stories |Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for seamanship

seamanship

/ (ˈsiːmənʃɪp) /

noun

skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel