pilotage
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English
Etymology
Noun
pilotage (countable and uncountable, plural pilotages)
- The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination.
- 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 35:
- "It will not be light this half hour, and I will answer for his safe pilotage while dark; but if the day once break, the fishermen will be abroad, and there will not be a chance of escape."
- The occupation of a pilot.
- The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel.
See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pilotage m (plural pilotages)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pilotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.