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View synonyms for rule of the road
rule of the road
noun
, Nautical.
- any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rule of the road1
First recorded in 1870–75
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