Na"val (?), a. [L. navalis, fr.
navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a church.]
Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy;
consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores,
etc.
Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines
organized for military service on land. -- Naval
officer. (a) An officer in the
navy. (b) A high officer in some United
States customhouses. -- Naval tactics, the
science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or
fleets.
Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- Naval,
Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or
the things which pertain to them or in which they participate;
nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak
of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement;
naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a
naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or
instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac,
etc.