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6 words match “PILOTAGE”

PILOTAGE n. 3 definitions
The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
AVERAGE n.
rily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of…
CABOTAGE n.
Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
LOADMANAGE; LODEMANAGE n.
Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LODEMANAGE n.
Pilotage. [Obs.]
PILOTISM; PILOTRY n.
Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [R.]