sea legs

sea legs

See also: sealegs

English

Noun

sea legs pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
2. (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
3. (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crab sticks

Translations

ability to walk steadily aboard

Finnish: merijalat pl French: pied marin m Norwegian: Bokmål: sjøbein n Nynorsk: sjøbein

ability not to become seasick

crab stick — see crab stick

See also

• land legs

Anagrams

• Lesages, Seagles, ageless, eagless