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Meanings of pilotage in English

Portuguese
pilotagem
Catalan
navegació
Spanish
navegación marítima

The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place.

pilotagem

Activities related to the provision of expert navigational advice to the master of the vessel.

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Usage of pilotage in English
1
The master, by careful pilotage, brought her in, and she anchored safely.
The Three Admirals
2
So long as we were in pilotage I stuck manfully to the wheel.
Dream Days
3
It was under the pilotage of the Shannon estuary port company.
The Irish Times
4
Bright as the moon was, it was not bright enough for perfect pilotage.
Northern Lights, Volume 2.
5
I'm leaving the pilotage to Harpe and her team, though.
More Than Honor
6
The charges for pilotage are usually regulated by the number of feet the vessel draws.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...
7
There's nothing but pilotage, and even that's pretty sketchy.
The Players
8
Under his pilotage they anchored on the first of November close to the Isthmus of Darien.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
9
Then, we meet these priests of Kondaro, who discuss meteorology, navigation, and pilotage with considerable understanding.
The Players
10
In general the pilotage is far more facile than on the Mississippi, and accidents are not frequent.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
11
There the most skillful pilotage was required if the new government was to make a safe voyage.
Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall ...
12
They are usually fitted to take passengers, frequently earning more in this way than by their pilotage.
Recollections of Europe
13
The arrangements for pilotage have been much improved of late years, and those employed are better qualified.
Poor Jack
14
We accordingly paddled on under Duppo's pilotage.
On the Banks of the Amazon
15
Don't let us be so sad about those who shove off from this world under Christly pilotage.
New Tabernacle Sermons
16
The chances were about even; for I regarded the pilotage as a very random sort of an affair.
Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
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Pilotage through the time