See doldrums.
·noun ·pl A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling win...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Those parts of the sea where calms are known to prevail. They exist between and on the polar sides o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial ins...
The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...
An instrument of large radius for finding the difference in the right ascension and declination of t...
A glass so mounted that it enables the observer to follow the stars as they move equatorially. ...