Recently reading the new releases from the US Coast Guard, I encountered the words "allision", and "allided". The first use, I thought it was a typo error. The third time in a news release, and it was clear it was meant to be there. Though the meaning of the word was clear from its use, I had never heard it before. So, I went to the various on line dictionaries, and here's its definition from
Maritime Dictionary :
Allision:
striking of a moving vessel against a stationary vessel that is at anchor, aground, etc. or fixed object such as piers, wharves, etc.
The implication is that it is the moving vessel's fault for coming into contact with a fixed object. I like the term and its use.
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