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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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know the ropes
Transportation; Nautical
a sailor who 'knows the ropes' is familiar with the miles of cordage and ropes involved in running a ship.
ladder
Transportation; Nautical
on board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. ...
laker
Transportation; Nautical
Great Lakes slang for a vessel who spends all its time on the 5 Great Lakes.
larboard
Transportation; Nautical
obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. ...
lateral system
Transportation; Nautical
a system of aids to navigation in which characteristics of buoys and beacons indicate the sides of the channel or route relative to a conventional direction of buoyage (usually ...
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