pratiques
/præˈtiːks/
noun
- A license or permission granted to a ship to enter a port after it has been inspected and found free of contagious disease.
- The harbor master granted pratique to the cargo ship after the health inspection.
- Without a clean bill of health, the vessel could not receive pratique to dock.
- The captain waited anxiously for pratique so the crew could finally go ashore.
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