Buoy
- Buoy
- Buoy Buoy (bwoi or boi; 277), n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr.
OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou['e]e a buoy, from L.
boia. ``Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.''
--Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.)
A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark
a channel or to point out the position of something beneath
the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
[1913 Webster]
{Anchor buoy}, a buoy attached to, or marking the position
of, an anchor.
{Bell buoy}, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be
rung by the motion of the waves.
{Breeches buoy}. See under {Breeches}.
{Cable buoy}, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in
rocky anchorage.
{Can buoy}, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron,
usually conical or pear-shaped.
{Life buoy}, a float intended to support persons who have
fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to
save them.
{Nut buoy} or {Nun buoy}, a buoy large in the middle, and
tapering nearly to a point at each end.
{To stream the buoy}, to let the anchor buoy fall by the
ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.
{Whistling buoy}, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown
by the action of the waves.
[1913 Webster]
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