PARAVANE


Meaning of PARAVANE in English

noun Etymology: probably from French para- warding off (as in parachute) + English vane Date: 1919 a torpedo-shaped protective device with serrate teeth in its forward end used underwater by a ship in mined areas to sever the moorings of mines

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