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Definition of houache - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

sillage

TECH

trace laissée dans l'eau par un bateau qui navigue

TECH

Le capitaine observe la houache pour vérifier la direction du navire.

sillage

traînée

instrument nautique

Dated

bout de tissu sur un loch qui mesure la longueur du bateau

Dated

Le marin ajuste la houache du loch avant de mesurer la vitesse.

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Origin of houache

francique, wacka (serment)

Examples of houache in a sentence

La houache s’étendait loin derrière le voilier rapide.
Des mouettes suivaient la houache à la recherche de poissons.
La houache s’est usée après plusieurs traversées.
Ils ont remplacé la houache avant de repartir en mer.

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English:wake, fabric marker on a log line, ...
German:Kielwasser, Stoffmarke am Log, ...
Italian:scia, nastro di misura del loch, ...
Spanish:estela, huacha, ...
Portuguese:rasto de água, marca de tecido do loch, ...
Chinese:尾流, 测程布条, ...
Japanese:航跡, ロッホの布切れ, ...
Arabic:موجة القارب, شَريطَةُ قُماشٍ في اللُّوخ, ...
Hebrew:שׁוֹבֶל, חוּאָשׁ, ...
Russian:кильватер, метка, ...
Ukrainian:кільватер, гуаш, ...
Catalan:estela, tros de tela del correllotge nàutic, ...
Dutch:kielzog, stuk stof aan een loglijn om de lengte van het schip te meten, ...
Greek:αποτύπωμα πλεύσης, ύφασμα του λογαριού, ...
Korean:물살 자국, 로크에 달린 천 조각, ...
Polish:ogon, chorągiewka logu, ...
Portuguese (BR):esteira, húpe, ...
Romanian:urma bărcii, bucată de pânză de pe loch, ...
Thai:รอยน้ำท้ายเรือ, เศษผ้าบนเครื่องมือวัดความยาวเรือ, ...
Turkish:tekne izi, loç bezi, ...
Vietnamese:vệt nước, dải vải đo chiều dài, ...

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