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buoyage

[ boo-ee-ij, boi-ij ]

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a system of buoys.
  2. the provision of buoys.
  3. a fee for the use of a mooring buoy.


buoyage

/ ˈbɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a system of buoys
  2. the buoys used in such a system
  3. the providing of buoys
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buoyage1

First recorded in 1850–55; buoy + -age
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Example Sentences

The appendix contains, inter alia, an illustrated description of the British Buoyage System.

The buoyage has, perhaps, been reset in the interval of a voyage's absence.

In 1882 a conference was held upon a proposal to establish a uniform system of buoyage.

An international uniform system of buoyage, although desirable, appears impracticable.

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