Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.

Naval officer.
   (a) An officer in the navy.
   (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.

Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.

Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime.

Usage: Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)