| 释义 |
Nav. House, Nav House
colloq. name for the Navigation School in H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.
1924‘Nauticus’ Sea Ways & Wangles viii. 48 You will then be sent to the Navigation School or ‘Nav. House’ as it is more familiarly called. This, as you might expect, is situated ashore, near the main gate of Portsmouth Dockyard. Ibid. 52 However you are not likely to become Navigator of a flagship until you have been through another course at the ‘Nav. House’ to qualify you for first class ships. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 124 Nav House, the, the R.N. Navigation School, Portsmouth. |