单词 | nav house |
释义 | Nav. Housen. Navy colloquial. The Royal Naval Navigation School at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > [noun] > educational institution > specific institutions shop1887 Nav. House1924 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. 1924 ‘Nauticus’ Sea Ways & Wangles viii. 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. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 124 Nav House, the, the R.N. Navigation School, Portsmouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924 |
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