sea legs
Sailor's steady gait
Sea legs is the ability to walk steadily on a moving ship without losing balance or feeling sick.
The term extends to any acquired comfort with an unfamiliar situation: It took a few weeks, but I've finally got my sea legs at the new job.
To get one's sea legs is to adjust and become competent.
State of balance
- steadinessState of being constant
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- footingSecure ground position
surefootedness · poise · proprioception · gait · stance · centering · grounding · posture
Adjusting to new conditions
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
familiarization · assimilation · attunement · acclimation · getting used to · settling in · orientation · transition
Seafaring crew member
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- shipmateFellow crew member
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
boatswain · able seaman · old salt · landlubber · greenhorn · galley · watch · berth
Journey by sea
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- passageSegment of text
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel
ferry · sailing · expedition · embarking · disembarking · maiden voyage · transatlantic · shore leave
equilibrium
State of balance
- steadinessState of being constant
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
footing · surefootedness · poise · proprioception · gait · stance · centering · grounding · posture · control
acclimatization
Adjusting to new conditions
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
conditioning · familiarization · assimilation · attunement · acclimation · getting used to · settling in · orientation · transition · inurement
sailor
Seafaring crew member
helmsman · boatswain · able seaman · old salt · landlubber · greenhorn · galley · watch · berth · gangway
voyage
Journey by sea
ocean liner · ferry · sailing · expedition · embarking · disembarking · maiden voyage · transatlantic · shore leave · port of call
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, smooth sailing, sink or swim, miss the boat
- maritime medicineseasickness, scurvy, ship doctor, sick bay, medical officer
sea legsseasickness
Nausea from boat motion
motion sickness · nausea · queasiness · unsteadiness · wobbly legs
sea legslandlubber
Non-seafaring person
lubber · greenhorn · landsman · inexperience · rawness
sea legsunsteadiness
Lack of firm balance
wobbliness · staggering · land legs · imbalance · clumsiness
seaside, seashore, seas, seawater, seafaring, seaboard, seafarer, seaward, seashores