"Rocks and Shoals" meaning in All languages combined

See Rocks and Shoals on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the language of Article 4, Section 10, which prescribed the death penalty for "any person in the naval service...[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals". Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Rocks and Shoals}} Rocks and Shoals
  1. (US, naval, informal, historical) The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy. Tags: US, historical, informal
    Sense id: en-Rocks_and_Shoals-en-name-ZDkdd8dq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war

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