compass-bearing

Chloe watched the compass-bearing indicator marked Starboard High swing through its dial in quarter-circle jumps as the lookout tracked her instrument around the horizon.

Rescue Ferrets at Sea Richard Bach 2002

Over the years, as the Rocket neared its fullness, about to go operational, the coordinates switched from the Cartesian x and y of the laboratory to the polar azimuth and range of the weapon as deployed: once he knelt on the lavatory floor of his old rooming house in Munich, understanding that if he faced exactly along a certain compass-bearing his prayer would be heard: he'd be safe.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

For the benefit of those who may be ignorant of the meaning of this expression, I may as well explain that the commander of a vessel _takes his_ _departure_ from the last _well-known_ point of land he expects to see before launching into mid-ocean, by noting, as accurately as he possibly can, its compass-bearing and distance from his ship at a particular hour.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886

Then, steering full and by, half an hour's sailing sufficed to bring the summit of the hill to the required compass-bearing of south-east, half-south, whereupon we bore dead away for it, and, leaving O'Gorman in charge of the deck, I sprang into the fore rigging and mounted to the crosstrees, from which commanding elevation I intended to con the brig to her anchorage.

The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

Can you follow a compass-bearing through the desert? "

The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

"All right, here's the angle of the shadow, and the compass-bearing.

The Return H. Beam Piper 1934

"All right, here is the angle of the shadow, and the compass-bearing.

The Return H. Beam Piper 1934