encablure
French → English
noun//ɑ̃.ka.blyʁ//
(Nautical/Distance) A nautical unit of length equal to approximately 200 meters or 1/10 of a mile
Le navire marchand a jeté l'ancre à seulement quelques encablures du port.
(English) The merchant ship anchored just a few cable lengths from the port.
À une encablure du canot, on apercevait l'aileron d'un requin fendant les flots.
(English) A cable's length from the dinghy, one could see a shark fin cutting through the waves.
Entry ID: fr:en:encablure · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary