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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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pier-head jump
Transportation; Nautical
when a sailor is drafted to a warship at the last minute, just before she sails.
pim
Transportation; Nautical
points (or plan) of intended movement. The charted course for a naval unit's movements.
pipe down
Transportation; Nautical
a signal on the bosun's pipe to signal the end of the day, requiring lights (and smoking pipes) to be extinguished and silence from the crew.
piping the side
Transportation; Nautical
a salute on the bos'n's pipe(s) performed in the company of the deck watch on the starboard side of the quarterdeck or at the head of the gangway, to welcome or bid farewell to ...
pontoon
Transportation; Nautical
a flat-bottomed vessel used as a ferry, barge, car float or a float moored alongside a jetty or a ship to facilitate boarding.
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