wreck buoy

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• wreck buoy — noun A buoy, usu green, marking the position of a wrecked vessel • • • Main Entry: ↑wreck …   Useful english dictionary

• wreck buoy — a buoy with red and black horizontal stripes used to mark a wreck …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Buoy — A buoy is a floating device that can have many different purposes, which determine whether the buoy is anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift. The word, of Old French or Middle Dutch origin, is nowadays most commonly pronEng|ˈbɔɪ (identical… …   Wikipedia

• buoy — a float moored to the bottom that marks a navigational channel, a position such as a shoal, a wreck or a net or trap. Also used to show the position of an anchor for attaching a boat and then called a mooring buoy. Pronounced boy in English and… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• breeches buoy — /ˈbrɪtʃəz bɔɪ/ (say brichuhz boy) noun a life saving apparatus, like a short pair of breeches, moving on a rope stretched from a wreck to the shore or another ship …  

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