logbook

Meaning

Noun

• A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.
• A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
• A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car

Origin

• 1670s, log + book, originally a record of a ship’s speed and progress, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed.