Oxford English Dictionary Maritime Words
F2. Maritime Culture, Heritage, Archaeology, Art and MuseumsDefinition
Major lexical record of nautical English.
The Oxford English Dictionary records nautical English on historical principles, dating each sense by quotation from the earliest located use. First completed in 1928 as A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, with a second edition in 1989 and continuous online revision since 2000, it traces the etymology and first attestation of sea terms such as starboard, scuttlebutt, and forecastle. It is the standard scholarly authority for the origin and dating of maritime vocabulary in English.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. completed 1928; 2nd ed. 1989; online revision ongoing.