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nun buoy
nun buoy, US navigational aid in the IALA maritime buoyage system B, where red is the starboard-hand mark. It is red, even numbered, and shaped like a truncated cone, though some are pointed on top, and is the US equivalent of the conical green buoy used as the starboard-hand mark used in the IALA maritime buoyage system A.
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"nun buoy." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "nun buoy." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-nunbuoy.html "nun buoy." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-nunbuoy.html |
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nun buoy
nun buoy a buoy that is circular in the middle and tapering to each end.
early 18th cent.: from obsolete nun ‘child's top’ and buoy. |
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"nun buoy." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "nun buoy." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-nunbuoy.html "nun buoy." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-nunbuoy.html |
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