shore leave

Normally arrival in a new port means loading and unloading cargo, shore leave, and ordering provisions.

The Navy was big business for Long Beach, and for the Pike, where thousands of Navy “gobs” stationed here spent some of their shore leave and their earnings.

One didn’t feel any real connection between the lovers, but maybe that, too, was wanted, given that the callous American sailor treats marriage to a geisha during a shore leave in Nagasaki as a lark.

Beatrice proceeded on the arm of Lamont, who had shore leave for the occasion.

An Israeli official said Ankara had submitted a preliminary request for the crew to disembark on shore leave.