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Definition of Driftage
1. Noun. The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting.
Generic synonyms: Departure, Deviation, Difference, Divergence
Derivative terms: Drift
Definition of Driftage
1. n. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
Definition of Driftage
1. Noun. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. ¹
2. Noun. Anything that drifts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Driftage
1. the act of drifting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Driftage
Literary usage of Driftage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"All of these, except those at Wicklow and Greystones, arc unsatisfactory on
account of the driftage of the beaches, in addition to which there is at ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"The driftage due to wind-waves only occurs during gales, and even then is only
due to the waves that break ou the shores. 4th. ..."
3. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"... has studied the subject very carefully on a portion of the Irish coast, and
submits the following conclusions: first, the driftage due to the incoming ..."
4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"The driftage due to the incoming tidal currents is always, ... To prevent the
tidal driftage, groins or piers should be erected: a»l ' the pier is to form a ..."
5. Transactions (1880)
"Those who have studied the driftage on this coast must be aware that the main
... From the Dogger-bank the driftage seems to be northeastward to the ..."
6. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"Not only is it a good reason in itself, at least to the extent of excluding
driftage as a valid explanation, but Gresley himself makes no attempt to render ..."
7. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1877)
"On the east coast the flow-tide current, in general, acts independently of, or
contrary to, both the wind and the wind-wave driftage ; for instance, ..."
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