Associations to the word «Paravane»

Wiktionary

PARAVANE, noun. (nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
PARAVANE, noun. (nautical) A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley