01 a. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
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Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
Phrases & compounds
Naval brigade —
a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.
Naval officer —
An officer in the navy.
Naval tactics —
the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
Syn.
Nautical; marine; maritime.
-- Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.