Meaning of PILOTAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pIlutij
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- [n] the occupation of a pilot
- [n] the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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| | Synonyms: | | navigation, piloting |
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| | See Also: | | astronavigation, celestial navigation, craft, dead reckoning, direction, guidance, instrument flying, steering, trade | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pi"lot*age\, n. [Cf. F. pilotage.]
1. The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars,
and channels. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3. Guidance, as by a pilot. --Sir W. Scott.
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| | Related Terms: | | admission, admission fee, aeronautics, air service, airline, anchorage, aspect, astronautics, astronavigation, attitude, authority, aviation, azimuth, ballooning, bearing, bearings, blind flying, brokerage, carfare, celestial navigation, cellarage, charge, charges, chronometer, cloud-seeding, coastwise navigation, command, commercial aviation, conduct, consolan, contact flying, control, cover charge, cruising, dead reckoning, demand, direction, dockage, dues, entrance fee, exaction, exactment, exposure, fare, fee, fix, flight, flying, frontage, general aviation, gliding, governance, government, guidance, handling, helmsmanship, hire, husbandry, lay, lead, leading, license fee, lie, line of position, loran, management, managery, managing, manipulation, ordering, orientation, pilotry, pilotship, plane sailing, point-to-point navigation, portage, position, position line, radar, radio beacon, radio bearing, radio navigation, regulation, running, sailing, sailplaning, salvage, scot, scot and lot, set, sextant, shoran, shot, soaring, sofar, sonar, steerage, steering, storage, tables, the conn, the helm, the wheel, toll, towage, wharfage, winging |
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