Definitions

1. noun

a direction or course (especially at sea) given in terms of the compass points.

“The captain adjusted the ship’s rhumb to avoid the storm.”

2. noun

a line or course on a map that connects two points on the Earth’s surface, used especially to show the direction of a route or journey.

“The hikers followed the rhumb on the map to reach the summit.”

3. verb

to navigate or sail in a particular direction or course.

“The sailors rhumbed their way across the Atlantic Ocean.”