pilotage
noun/ˈpaɪlətɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From pilot + -age.
1
The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination.
- "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."1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 35:
2
The occupation of a pilot.
- Near-synonym: (aviation pilot) flying
3
The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel.
- Related terms
- hydrography