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Definition of Navel point
1. Noun. The center point or middle of something. "The Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Navel Point
Literary usage of Navel point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... H, I. The first three are chief*; the middle three are the collar point, faa
point, and nombril or navel point ; the bottom three are the base points. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... B, the middle chief; C, the sinister chief; D, the honor or collar point; E,
the fess point; F, the nombril or navel point; G, the dexter base point; H, ..."
3. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"... E, the fcss point; F, the nombril, or navel point; G, the dexter base point;
H, the middle base point; and I, the sinister base point. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"A, the dexter chief; B, middle chief; C, sinister chief; D, honor point; E, less
point; F, nombril or navel point; G, dexter base ; H, middle base ; and I, ..."
5. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"... the collar, or honor point, the fess point, the nombril, or navel point, the
dexter base point, the middle base point, and the sinister base point. ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... E, the fees point ; F, the nombril or navel point ; G, the dexter base point ;
H, the middle base ; and I, the sinister base point. ..."
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