Definition of "naut" []

• A common abbreviation of nautical. (noun)
• An abbreviation of nautical mile (6,080 feet), sometimes used, especially in writing of the laying of submarine cables. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Wu {m} mon seið þe apostel schal wrihen hi [re] heauet. wrihen he seið naut wimplin. wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte [r {;}] i mu {n} gunge of þe su {n} ne þ̵ sch [en] de us erst alle ⁊ naut  {45} drah [en] þ̵ wriheles te tiffung ⁊ te p {ru} [e]."
• "Argo to seek the Golden Fleece; their moniker combines the name of their ship and the Greek word "nautēs," meaning "sailor.""
• "The reason simply that his entire several year mission to that date he felt could have been done in less than a week of those boring astro/cosmo/taiko-naut EVAs you talked about."