(idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
(idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
Had a refreshing walk up and down the quarter-deck, though I have hardly found my sea-legs yet.
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(idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
Had a refreshing walk up and down the quarter-deck, though I have hardly found my sea-legs yet.
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(idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
It was fortunate for the passengers that most of them had at this period of the voyage got their sea legs; otherwise walking on the slippery deck, that seemed to heave as the rolling of the vessel threw its slopes up or down, would have …