traverse board

English

Noun

traverse board (plural traverse boards)

1. (nautical) A small board hung near the helmsman, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It was used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

Translations

Navigational instrument for dead reckoning

• Hebrew:לוּחַ נִוּוּט m (luakh nivut); לוּחַ נִוּוּט מְקוֹרָב m (luakh nivut mekorav)