buoyage

[ boo-ee-ij, boi-ij ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. a system of buoys.
2. the provision of buoys.
3. a fee for the use of a mooring buoy.

buoyage

/ ˈbɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. a system of buoys
2. the buoys used in such a system
3. the providing of buoys

Word History and Origins

Origin of buoyage¹

First recorded in 1850–55; buoy + -age

Example Sentences

Ding! and the engines are stopped, lines are thrown to the small launch coming alongside, and a German officer is helped aboard, who volunteers to show us to our assigned buoyage.

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Topmast spars with whitened cordage whipping in the wind stand out above the swirl of the tides; a shattered bow-section or gaunt listed shell of a wrecked vessel sets the turn to a new shoal drift; crazy funnels, twisted and arake by the broken hulls below, stud the angles of the buoyage that marks the fairway.

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Inner channels are confused by 'friendly' minefields or by alteration of the buoyage; aids to navigation are suspended or rearranged on scant notice; coastwise lights are put out or have their powers reduced to small efficiency in the mists and grey weather.

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The buoyage has, perhaps, been reset in the interval of a voyage's absence.

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The committee proposed the following uniform system of buoyage, and it is now adopted by the general lighthouse authorities of the United Kingdom:—

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