Definition of keep clear in English English dictionary
One boat keeps clear of another if the other can sail her course with no need to take avoiding action and, when the boats are overlapped on the same tack, if the leeward boat can change course in both directions without immediately making contact with the windward boat
keep clear
Turkish pronunciation
kip klîr
Pronunciation
/ˈkēp ˈklər/ /ˈkiːp ˈklɪr/
Etymology
[ 'kEp ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English kepen, from Old English cEpan; perhaps akin to Old High German chapfEn to look.