nautical

Definition

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).

Example Sentences

• "nautical charts"
• "I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary."
• "The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]"