buoyage

Definition

A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.

Etymology

From buoy + -age.

Example Sentences

• "It has not been considered necessary to make any special inspection of particular ports or rivers in the United Kingdom, the greater number of the Committee being already more or less familar with the buoyage of our coasts."
• "There is no description available of the vessel, which served here until it was replaced by buoyage marking these channels ."
• "In the absence of a route leading from seaward , the conventional direction of buoyage generally follows a clockwise direction around land masses."