Category:Naval

Na"val, a. Etym: [l. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See nave Of a church.]

Defn: having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a Navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military Service on land. -- naval officer. (a) an officer in the navy. (b) a high officer in Some united states customhouses. -- 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.