mariner's compass


mariner's compass

noun

Definition of MARINER'S COMPASS

: a compass used in navigation that consists of parallel magnetic needles or bundles of needles permanently attached to a card marked to indicate direction and degrees of a circle

First Known Use of MARINER'S COMPASS

1594

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