ジグザグ航こう行こう

noun

zigzag course; zigzag sailing

Nautical term for a zigzag course, especially used by warships to avoid torpedoes or submarines. Also known as 之字運動.

See also: 之字運動

• 敵てきの潜せん水すい艦かんを避さけるため、艦かん隊たいはジグザグ航こう行こうを続つづけた。

  To avoid enemy submarines, the fleet continued on a zigzag course.