dan buoy

See also: danbuoy

English

Etymology

Uncertain. One theory is that the term comes from "danger buoy".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /dæn ˈbɔɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dæn ˈbɔɪ/, /dæn ˈbu.i/

Noun

dan buoy (plural dan buoys)

1. (nautical) A small buoy, sometimes made of cork with a small flag, used to temporarily mark a position at sea, normally to mark a fishing ground, a minesweeping area, or a man overboard.
   • 1970 [1938], Great Britain. Hydrographic Department, chapter 1, in Admiralty Manual of Hydrographic Surveying‎^[1], volume 2, United Kingdom: Hydrographer of the Navy, Dan Buoys (section 18), page 19:

     A dan buoy is usually laid from aft, the anchor and sinker being hung outboard through an after fairlead and the dan buoy hung from a tripping hook on a whip from the minesweeping davit, the mooring being led outboard.