sea room

English

Alternative forms

• sea-room

Noun

sea room (uncountable)

1. The space at sea necessary to manoeuvre a ship.
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     Last Monday (July 31st) we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated.

Translations

space to manoeuvre ship

• French: mer libre f
• Hebrew: מֶרְחַב תִּמְרוּן (he) m (merkhav timrun)