Period of advance; length of career. Obsolete. rare.

A period during which someone remains in an upright standing position; the length of time someone stands without sitting or resting.

(a) time spent at sea in service; (b) the way of reckoning time at sea; (c) the duration of a journey at sea.

Time spent travelling. Also: the amount of time it takes to travel from one place to another.

Originally Military. The period during which a warning of danger is in effect.

A piece of wood or other material placed in front of a wheel of an aeroplane to prevent it from moving forward; a chock. Also attributive, as block…

Time spent watching television or using an electronic device with a screen such as a computer, smartphone, tablet, etc., esp. in the context of…