Cruise

Cruise
Cruise Cruise, n. 1. A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure. [1913 Webster]

He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. --Dampier. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence: A voyage aboard a ship, in which the activities on the ship itself form a major objective of the voyage; -- used particularly of vacation voyages, or voyages during which some special activity occurs on board the ship, such as a series of seminars. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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