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

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