Crossword-Solution: PARAVANES
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Devices used by minesweepers. | 1 answer |
| Mine sweeps on ships | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with PARAVANES (5)
When the ships had cleared the mine field and entered the war channel the "paravanes" were hauled aboard.
The paravanes themselves are submerged torpedo-shaped bodies which hold the wires under the surface and away from the ship's side, deriving their ability to do this from the speed at which they are being towed, submerged, by the ship itself.
New gear comes to his hands--sweeps, depth-keepers, explosive nets, hydrophones, and paravanes--but he regards them all as adaptations to his fishing service.
The paravanes are ingenious torpedo-shaped contrivances so constructed as to fend off from the ship’s side dangerous floating objects such as mines.
This was the problem we were confronted with in January, 1918, when it was decided to dock the ship in Liverpool for the necessary cleaning and painting of her body under water, and doing other necessary work, including a clump on her forefoot for towing the paravanes, or mine-sweeping device.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1949–1970).