Sentence examples for nautical figure from inspiring English sources

The term has survived as a nautical figure of speech.

The distance between stations in both surveys was 30 nautical miles (Fig. 2).

In the tall Los Angeles paintings, which are probably from a decorative suite celebrating Venice's nautical prowess, heroic male figures clutch the eponymous instruments.

Because Day Boat Cafe's roll is also made from fresh meat — lobsters are kept in a tank in the kitchen and cooked and picked on company time — and because it comes with excellent French fries and is served by friendly waiters in a spiffy nautical-themed environment, I figure the price, exactly double my at-home expense, is fair.

Supposedly, he was a relative of Sir Francis Chichester, a figure of lofty nautical renown who'd circled the globe on a sailboat, alone.

In 1828 Lax appended An easy method of correcting the lunar distance, on account of the spheroidal figure of the earth to the Nautical Almanac.

The equivalent figure for Queen Mary was roughly 2400 nautical miles.

With his Mads Mikkelsen overbite and nautical cap, the 35-year-old cuts an endearing, curious figure as lolls around his lodge with his friends, like a surfing Gatsby.

U-66s sole contribution to this figure came when she torpedoed the tanker Powhatan 25 nautical miles from North Rona in the Outer Hebrides.

Endurance figures also varied widely at full load, from 2140-4220 nautical miles at 18 knots.

Hackett is one of several Australian sports figures who will be on board the yacht Loyal for the nautical sprint to Tasmania.