conveyor
English translation: convoyor
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|  Selected response from: Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 22:22 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | convoyor |
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| 4 | A moving belt or A person who conveys |
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| 3 | carrier |
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| 2 | hired skipper? |
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carrier Explanation: :) Carrier - Bob Salmon is one, see: (Heritage) 2. One, such as a person, a business, or an organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods. |
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54 mins confidence:
hired skipper? Explanation: I know that there are people here in the US who sail their boat from California to Hawaii but do not want to sail it back. So, they fly back and hire a skipper and crew to bring the boat back for them. Perhaps this is what is meant, seeing as they are talking about a person... |
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1convoyor Explanation: It's not my speciality, but I suspected a typo here, and I think I was right. A convoy is a number of boats sailing together, often under escort, and it appears that this is a little-used word for the professional who takes a boat or boats from one place to another ie a boat-deliverer. Sea and Boats-nautical directory, used boat sales-sea-convoyor_boats - [ Traduire cette page ] You are here.:: >> Home => Convoyor boats ... sailing convoying of boats and engines with or without skipper in the Atlantic, pacific, med, Indian Ocean ... www.sea-and-boats.com/uk/convoyor_boats-49.htm This link comes up with a site that explains the job, although it doesn't use this term: http://www.yroryachts.com/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2007-11-06 21:24:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Re asker's note: The word has its origins in the noun/verb convoy, but a convoyor, as stated above, is someone who delivers a single boat or boats. |
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2 hrs confidence:
A moving belt or A person who conveys Explanation: Looked it up it says A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) like an assembly line. Or a person who conveys (carries or transmits) |
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