Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pilotage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pilotage \Pi"lot*age\, n. [Cf. F. pilotage.]
1. The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars,
and channels. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3. Guidance, as by a pilot. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pilotage
n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn:
{navigation}, {piloting}]
2: the occupation of a pilot [syn: {piloting}]
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