Definition of Spar buoy

1. Noun. A buoy resembling a vertical log.

Generic synonyms: Buoy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spar Buoy

spannerless
spanners
spanning
spannings
spanokopita
spanokopitas
spanophilia
spans
spansule
spansules
spanwise
spanworm
spanworms
spar
spar buoy (current term)
sparable
sparables
sparada
sparadrap
sparagmos
sparapet
sparaxis
sparble
spard
spare
spare-time activity
spare ball
spare change

Literary usage of Spar buoy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"Leave red spar buoy No. 2£, 0n Cormorant Reef, about 100 yards on the ... J E. course heading for Jones Rocks beacon leads midway between red spar buoy No. ..."

2. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... also another small light or lantern on Shorter's island ; also for buoys, &c. at the following places: A spar buoy at Bergen point; a spar buoy at the ..."

3. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from by United States (1862)
"For a spar buoy on the middle ground off Chatham ; one on the east end of ... For one spar buoy at the north .and one at the south end of a ledge called ..."

4. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"One black spar buoy on the north side of the Round, or Middle Shoal, ... One white spar buoy on the Middle Ground, opposite Bushwick Creek, where the Dry ..."

5. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"56 and black spar buoy No. 47-B, and heading towards post-light on left bank pass between it and black spar buoy No. 47-A, leaving it to starboard and ..."

6. Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1905)
"17.—This buoy was in position and continued lighted from July 1 to December 19, 1903, when it was removed for the winter season. An iron spar buoy similarly ..."

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