MARINER'S COMPASS


Meaning of MARINER'S COMPASS in English

1. a compass used for navigational purposes, consisting of a pivoted compass card in a gimbal-mounted, nonferrous metal bowl.

2. ( cap. ) Astron. compass (def. 8a).

[ 1620-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .