seagoing

adj — 2 senses

seagoing

adj

Etymology From sea + going.

1

Travelling out to sea.

  • a seagoing seal
  • After being kidnapped by a seagoing ne'er-do-well, its Lady protagonist finds herself drifting through a passage at the North Pole into a wholly different world, with its own sun, moon and stars, and a population of bear-men, bird-men and fox-men who promptly make her Empress. Win!2011 May 11, Sam Leith, “Sam Leith's top 10 alternative realities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2021:
2

Made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.

  • "Lord! They don't call that a sea-going craft, I hope!'1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:

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