whistling buoy

noun Nautical.

a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.

Words nearby whistling buoy

whistle-stop, whistler, whistler's mother, whistler, james, whistling, whistling buoy, whistling duck, whistling swan, whit, whit monday, whit sunday

Example sentences from the Web for whistling buoy

  • When Wilbur came on deck again he noted that the "Bertha Millner" had already left the whistling-buoy astern.

    Moran of the Lady Letty |Frank Norris

  • The fog-bell was tolling, and yells of agony came from the whistling-buoy.

    A Singular Life |Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

  • The bellow of the whistling-buoy nine miles out, off the coast, was audible at firesides.

    A Singular Life |Elizabeth Stuart Phelps