rhumb
rhumb definition
rhumb (rum, rumb)
noun
- rhumb line
- any of the 32 points of a mariner's compass
Etymology: < Port & Sp rumbo, prob. < L rhombus: see rhombus
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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