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Definition of Lubber line
1. Noun. A fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading.
Generic synonyms: Point Of Reference, Reference, Reference Point
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubber Line
Literary usage of Lubber line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navigation by George Leonard Hosmer (1918)
"lubber line On the inside of the bowl of the compass is a line set parallel to
the keel of the vessel, called the lubber line. The point of the compass or ..."
2. Audels Engineers and Mechanics Guide by Frank Duncan Graham (1921)
"This renders it unnecessary for the pilot to make a mathematical deduction of
what his course should be, as he has only to move the lubber line through the ..."
3. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
"The scale upon the bezel of the compass is used for reading the deflection of
the lubber line. Care "must be taken in moving the lubber Synchronized Drift ..."
4. Aerial Navigation by Division of Military Aeronautics, United States, War Dept (1918)
"This angle is measured in degrees on the card in a clockwise direction from north.
Thus, if the lubber's line is opposite 90, ..."
5. How to Fly by Archie Frederick Collins (1917)
"A steel wire passing through flexible tubes connects the telescopes with the
adjustable lubber line 1 of the compass so that it is never necessary to read ..."
6. Practical Information on the Deviation of the Compass: For the Use of by John Thomas Towson (1863)
"If the lubber line then appears east of north the centre of the magnet is to the
east of the centre of the compass, and the top of the pillar should ..."
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