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Definition of Shore leave
1. Noun. Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer.
Definition of Shore leave
1. Noun. Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to disembark and spend time on land. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shore Leave
Literary usage of Shore leave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dramatist, a Journal of Dramatic Technology by Luther Anthony, B., Luther B. Anthony (1919)
"shore leave. Feeble Dramatic Texture. David Belasco is evidently unable to find
... "shore leave" is the feeblest dramatic motif he has yet released. ..."
2. Okay, Girls by Helen Gilbert (2006)
"shore leave We did get to go home on leave occasionally, and what a treat!
Welcome- home parties, old familiar food, meals at Linton's and Horn ..."
3. Workmen's Compensation Law "personal Injury by Accident Arising Out of and ...by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1916)
"... fell off a gangway between the first ship and the dock, and was drowned.32 Where
a sailor, on returning from shore leave, fell off the gangway from the ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"One case yellow fever at Rio, March 22; sent to hospital March 24; no shore leave
allowed; sailed from Rio April i ; first case, sickened April 7, two men; ..."
5. The Bookman (1905)
"On October I7th, Captain Schley rather unwisely gave shore-leave to nearly one
hundred of his sailors. Within a few hours after they had landed they were ..."
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