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Definition of Paravanes
1. paravane [n] - See also: paravane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paravanes
Literary usage of Paravanes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cinderellas of the Fleet by William Washburn Nutting (1920)
"At other times the PV sweep was used, consisting of a pair of paravanes towed off
... These paravanes or "otters" were much the same as those with which all ..."
2. How America Went to War: An Account from Official Sources of the Nation's by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"A ship equipped with paravanes, traveling at full speed, would be flanked on both
... The Bliss Company turned out in all approximately 2000 paravanes, ..."
3. Inventions of the Great War by Alexander Russell Bond (1919)
"paravanes On the other hand, the Allies had a way ... Our ships were equipped
with "paravanes" which are something like the "water kites" used by ..."
4. Beatty, Jellicoe, Sims and Rodman: Yankee Gobs and British Tars as Seen by by Francis T. Hunter (1919)
"The ship would refit and be rigged for paravanes. It was a happy night, that
night of the seventeenth. ..."
5. Beatty, Jellicoe, Sims and Rodman: Yankee Gobs and British Tars as Seen by by Francis T. Hunter (1919)
"The ship would refit and be rigged for paravanes. It was a happy night, that
night of the seventeenth. ..."
6. The Yankee Mining Squadron; Or, Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage by Reginald Rowan Belknap (1920)
"Against enemy mines which might be around the buoys, our paravanes were counted upon
... While paravanes would protect against ordinary mines, they actually ..."
7. American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II by Henry Harley Arnold, John W. Huston (2001)
"Dropped our paravanes and changed course to northeast. ... All day we have been
zig-zagging in our course, paravanes out to pick up any mines that may have ..."
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