A navigational instrument, similar to a binnacle and mariner's compass, but without a magnetic needle, used in taking bearings, especially when the object to be sighted is not visible from the ship's compass. Also known as a Dumb Compass.
Isixhobo soomatiloshe esifanayo negumbi lesalatha mbombo enqanaweni kwane khampasi yemarine, kodwa engenayoinaliti enomazibuthe, esetyenziselwa ukuthatha iibheringi ingakumbi xa into leyo ifuna ukufitwa ingabonakali kwikhampasi yenqanawe. Yaziwa nangokuba yi-Dumb Compass.