Traverse Board Definition

noun

A small board hung in the steerage , having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch . It is used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

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Singular:
traverse board
Plural:
traverse boards

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