logbook

[ lawg-book, log- ]

noun

1. a book in which details of a trip made by a ship or aircraft are recorded; log

logbook

/ ˈlɒɡˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book containing the official record of trips made by a ship or aircraft; log
2. See registration document
   (formerly) a document listing the registration, manufacture, ownership and previous owners, etc, of a motor vehicle Compare registration document

Word History and Origins

Origin of logbook¹

1670–80; log ¹ (in the sense “a detailed record of a voyage”) + book

Example Sentences

Today, alongside my logbook’s legally mandated fields such as the aircraft registration and the departure and arrival times of each flight, I record hasty notes on some of the world’s greatest cities.

From Time

To fill in the gaps, researchers are digitizing weather logbooks from ships that sailed in the mid-1800s.

From Science News

As the attendant gained more seniority, he had access to the department’s logbook, which had been signed by Kennedy.

From Washington Post

Then, all of a sudden, “the logbooks start talking about these really dramatic changes in whale behavior.”

From Popular-Science

There was no explanation in the group home’s logbook as to how it happened.

From ProPublica

“The beauty of the sky is the most poignant we have seen,” he wrote in his logbook upon ascending 10 miles above the earth.

From The Daily Beast

Some trifle, probably the logbook which Davies had reached down from the shelf, called her attention to the rest of our library.

From Project Gutenberg

They look casually at the shelf among other things—examine the logbook, say—and he manages to push his own book out of sight.

From Project Gutenberg

How they cherished her figurehead and exhibited her logbook!

From Project Gutenberg

The skipper solemnly read to me an entry in the Official Logbook to the effect that on the night of ——, in lat.

From Project Gutenberg

The distribution of certain whales as shown by logbook records of American whaleships.

From Project Gutenberg

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