PATENT LOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patent log mean? 

• PATENT LOG (noun)
  The noun PATENT LOG has 1 sense:

1. a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed

  Familiarity information: PATENT LOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATENT LOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

patent log; screw log; taffrail log

Hypernyms ("patent log" is a kind of...):

log (measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water)

 Context examples 

Wolf Larsen was smoking a cigar and examining the patent log which the Ghost usually towed astern, but which had been hauled in for some purpose.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)