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headway(dictionary)
Headway - Sailing(gambling)

headway (iou)



headway noun. E18.
[from HEAD noun + WAY noun.]
I.
Mining. A narrow passage or gallery connecting broad parallel passages. E18.
Architecture. Headroom; the clear height of a door, tunnel, etc. L18.
The interval of time between successive buses etc. on a route. L19.
II.
A ship's movement ahead or forward; rate of progress; gen. advance, progress (lit. & fig.). M18.
M. Scammell Solzhenitsyn was too na?ve and inexperienced to make much headway. Ships Monthly The ship was losing headway, the engines stopped.