seaworthiness
(ˈsiːˌwɜːðɪnɪs)
[-ness.]
The condition of being seaworthy.
| 1813 Eldon in Dow Appeals Ho. Lords (1814) I. 347 Want of sea-worthiness was sufficiently proved. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Whale Fish. p. xvi, Every known principle calculated for producing strength, accommodation, sea-worthiness, and fast sailing..was adopted. 1876 T. Robinson Job iv. 28 Storms prove the ship's seaworthiness. |