sealore

noun

1. (uncountable)Knowledge, teaching, science, or study of the sea.

   “When they reappeared presently over the sand-ridge he was assisting to carry a very dead fowl, to which Cora had attached a length of string, with the other end looped about her wrist. Bradly joined her on the beach, interested in a piece of sea-lore.”

   “But persistent sealore says that there was so much attention paid to oppression that good seamanship suffered.”