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Definition of Seagoing
1. Adjective. Used on the high seas. "Seafaring vessels"
Definition of Seagoing
1. a. Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.
Definition of Seagoing
1. Adjective. Made for, or used on the high seas. ¹
2. Adjective. In the condition of being fit for sailing on the high seas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seagoing
1. designed for use on the sea [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seagoing
Literary usage of Seagoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by Julius Washington Muller (1918)
"This includes all vessels, seagoing and non-seagoing. Q.—What had we built during
the first year of war? "Merchant vessels built in the United States during ..."
2. A Manual of Naval Architecture for the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1894)
"At the present time, for seagoing service screw-propellers are universally
employed; and for channel or coasting service, screws have taken the place of ..."
3. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"Such an expression brings us into contact with a subject of paramount importance,
viz., " Classification," and as a large proportion of seagoing vessels are ..."
4. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1893)
"She is therefore not a " seagoing ship." As to the distinction to be drawn ...
"seagoing ship." She is of a sufficient size to enable her to go to sea, ..."
5. Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board by United States Shipping Board (1919)
"In the following series of tables is shown a general statistical summary of
vessels under the jurisdiction of the Board, the changes in the seagoing ..."
6. Foreign trade and shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann, W. C. Clark (1917)
"seagoing coasting trade.—In the seagoing coasting trade, one point needs to be
noted. In the calendar year 1916, there were transferred from the Canadian ..."
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