See Also: navigable(dictionary)
navigable(dictionary)
NAVIGABLE(law)
Navigable Water - Sailing(gambling)

navigable (iou)



navigable adjective & noun. LME.
[French, or Latin navigabilis, from navigare: see NAVIGATE, -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Of a river or the sea: able to be navigated, allowing passage for a ship or boat. LME.
P. Theroux The river is too shallow to be navigable by anything larger than a canoe.
a. Of a ship: able to be sailed; fit for sailing, seaworthy. M16.
b. Of a balloon etc.: able to be steered, dirigible. obsolete exc. Hist. L18.
b. noun. A navigable balloon. Cf. DIRIGIBLE noun. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.
naviga'bility noun M19.
navigableness noun E18.
navigably adverb M19.