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- noun Alternative spelling of
rhumb line .
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Posted 03: 14 PM, 03/24/2010 ifarrell rhumbline: No the parents will say, "He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, he was just going to meet his friend at CVS to buy some computer parts."
Young Philly Politics - Comments D.E. II 2010
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Overnight, boats that favoured the western side of the rhumbline reaped gains, particularly Sean Langman's Investec LOYAL which has moved into fourth in the fleet.
YBW News 2009
chained_bear commented on the word rhumbline
"Her voyage is a classic rhumbline course from the English Channel straight through the fishing grounds."
—Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, 1997 (NY: HarperCollins, 1999), 87
August 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word rhumbline
Also see loxodrome (but rhumbline sounds much better).
August 20, 2009