nun buoy

[ nuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.

nun buoy

/ nʌn /

See can buoy
nautical a buoy, conical at the top, marking the right side of a channel leading into a harbour: green in British waters but red in US waters Compare can buoy

1695–1705; obsolete nun spinning top + buoy

C18: from obsolete nun a child's spinning top + buoy

I verily believe I could hit a nun buoy if it was anchored in any part of the ocean.

The boat shaved a nun-buoy outside Barmouth Point so closely that Staff could almost have touched it by stretching out his arm.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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