Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In submarine-cable work, a buoy anchored to mark any desired position or point.
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Examples
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Doing little more than drift with the tide they crept past the submerged U-boat, one on either side of the mark-buoy that indicated her position.
The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917
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With a splash a mark-buoy was dropped overboard to indicate the position of the shattered U-boat.
The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917
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Orford Haven (that very difficult place) on the very top of an equinoctial springtide, picked up a racing mark-buoy, taking it to be moorings, and dragged it with him all the way to Aldborough, and that right before the town of Orford, so making himself hateful to the Orford people.
First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911
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"But all this was way to one side of the mark-buoy, so fur as I was concerned.
The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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