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View synonyms for sea room

sea room

noun

  1. unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.


sea room

noun

  1. sufficient space to manoeuvre a vessel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea room1

First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences

“All right, maybe, if we had sea room. But what do we know about where we are now?”

They were blown here, and fought in vain for sea room; the ships kept going in to their destruction, slammed on the reef.

It added, “the selection of a near coastal route provided inadequate sea room to allow time for response actions to take place before being set onto Albatross Bank and into the more dangerous shallower waters.”

I wish we'd a good frigate under us and plenty o' sea room.

Given a trim ship and plenty of sea room, and it isn’t all the wind that can blow that will succeed in lowering the spirits of the British sailor.

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