"sea legs" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-sea legs.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} 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. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: land legs
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-207OhWzY Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 35 17 32 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 12 37 13 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-0Lufj7pC Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 35 17 32 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 12 37 13
  3. (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks Tags: US, plural, plural-only, rare Synonyms: crabsticks [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-YWW5Bw-L Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 16 37 18 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 35 17 32 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 12 37 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 10 48 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 8 55 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 15 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 18 37 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 15 45 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 21 10 58 11
  4. (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-wY6P8rnL Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 35 17 32 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 12 37 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (ability to walk steadily aboard): merijalat [plural] (Finnish), pied marin [masculine] (French), sjøbein [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøbein (Norwegian Nynorsk)
Disambiguation of 'ability to walk steadily aboard': 32 33 2 33

Alternative forms

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