shore leave
Port time off
Shore leave is time off granted to sailors or naval personnel to go ashore while their ship is in port.
The term evokes images of crews flooding into port towns for entertainment, drinks, and companionship after weeks or months at sea.
The crew had 48 hours of shore leave before shipping out again.
The phrase occasionally appears in science fiction to describe similar time off for space crews visiting planets or stations.
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- port of callScheduled ship stopover
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- portDocking place for ships
- navyMaritime military force
furlough · dockside · break · carousing · vacation · naval traditions · ship crew · merchant marine · r&r · time off · holiday · red-light district · tattoo parlor · drunk tank · absence · watchkeeping · night on the town · fleet
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- US Navynavy, fleet, sailor, admiral, submarine
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, smooth sailing, sink or swim, miss the boat
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- cruise vacationscruise ships, Mediterranean cruises, cabin, stateroom, balcony
- military leavefurlough, pass, R&R, AWOL, weekend pass
shore leaveactive duty
Current military employment status
sea duty · at sea · deployment · on duty · duty station
shore leavedesertion
Unlawful abandonment of duty
AWOL · absent without leave · unauthorized absence · jumping ship
leave, shore, leaves, leaving, seashore, shoreline, ashore, offshore, leaver