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Definition of Conical buoy
1. Noun. A buoy resembling a cone.
Definition of Conical buoy
1. Noun. (nautical) a buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conical Buoy
Literary usage of Conical buoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1916)
"The harbor of Port San Antonio is marked by the following buoys: Black conical
buoy No. 1, moored 4J miles 197° from Villarino Lighthouse. ..."
2. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"It merely provides that when the conical buoy is removed you can use your
distinctive colors of red and black on the spar buoy. ..."
3. Anglo-Japanese Gazette by Bodleian Library (1903)
"The outer end of a middle'ground will in all cases be marked by a conical buoy,
painted in black and white horizontal bands, surmounted by a diamond as a ..."
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