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- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Rating (hist) [620 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also rate or bluejacket. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. In British usage, a junior enlisted member of a country's navy; i.e., any memb...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Range (hist) [511 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To lay out a rope or chain on deck in a zig-zag or (for rope) a figure‐eight pattern (as opposed to in a coil) so that it can run freely. The zig...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Ram (hist) [665 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A weapon consisting of an underwater prolongation of the bow of a vessel to form an armored beak, intended to be driven into the hull of an enemy v...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Port (hist) [965 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (facility): A maritime facility on a sea coast, in an estuary, or on a river with loading areas at which a vessel can bring aboard or discharge car...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pinnace (hist) [455 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pendant (hist) [343 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end. </span><br/> <span class=...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Peak (hist) [356 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; used in many combinations, such as peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. </span><br/> <span cla...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pay off (hist) [511 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To let a vessel's head fall off from the wind (to leeward). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. During the Age of Sail, the practice of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Packet (hist) [370 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also packet boat or packet ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. Originally, a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Outrigger (hist) [1,034 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Generally, a structure projecting from the side of a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Any contraposing float rigging beyond t...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Outboard (hist) [756 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated outside the hull of a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel but positioned away (or farther away...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Ordinary seaman (hist) [685 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A seaman in the British Royal Navy in the 18th century who had between one and two years of experience at sea. Later, a formal rank in the Royal Na...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Offshore (hist) [282 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Moving away from the shore. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (of a wind) Blowing from the land to the sea. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Net cutter (hist) [633 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (Fisheries patrol), also trawl wire cutter: A device employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the "Cod Wars" to cut the trawling wires of forei...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Moor (hist) [238 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To dock a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Monitor (hist) [974 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A turreted ironclad warship of the second half of the 19th century characterized by low freeboard, shallow draft, poor seaworthiness, and heavy gun...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mizzen (hist) [591 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mizzen sail is a small sail (triangular or gaff) on a ketch or yawl set abaft the mizzenmast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A mi...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Midshipman (hist) [1,416 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. During the 17th century, a naval rating for an experienced seaman. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. From the 18th century, a naval co...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mess (hist) [221 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also messdeck. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. An eating place aboard a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A group of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Maritime (hist) [426 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Of or related to the sea (e.g., maritime activities, maritime law, maritime strategy). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Bordering on...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Marine (hist) [1,589 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A soldier trained for service afloat in a (primarily) infantry force that specializes in naval campaigns and subordinated to a navy or a separate n...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mainmast (hist) [311 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also main. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. The tallest mast on a ship with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-ri...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luffing (hist) [467 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (of a sailing vessel) Being steered far enough to windward that the sail is no longer completely filled with wind; in such a state, the luff of a f...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luff (hist) [255 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forward edge of a sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The fullest or roundest part of a ship's bow. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Longboat (hist) [639 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the Age of Sail, a double-banked open boat carried by a sailing ship, rowed by eight or ten oarsmen, two per thwart, although designed also to b...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lead (hist) [424 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In former usage, to est...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lazaret (hist) [540 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also lazarette or lazaretto. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A small stowage locker at the aft end of a boat. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lay (hist) [640 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To come and go, used in giving orders to the crew, e.g. "lay forward" or "lay aloft", respectively indicating that the crew should move to the forw...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Launch (hist) [817 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The largest ship's boat carried by a warship – usually an open boat and, in more recent times, fitted with an engine. Historically, both were fit...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Langrage (hist) [222 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Another name for canister shot. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Solid shot suitable for damaging rigging. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Knighthead (hist) [405 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mitred backing timber that extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Junk (hist) [389 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Old cordage past its useful service life as lines aboard a ship. The strands of old junk were teased apart in a process known as "picking oakum"....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jacob's ladder (hist) [757 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also Jacobs ladder. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A flexible hanging ladder consisting of vertical ropes or chains supporting horizon...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jackstay (hist) [701 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A rope, bar, or batten running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jack (hist) [808 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A sailor. Also jack tar or just tar. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (jack flag) A national or other official flag flown on a short...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Inboard (hist) [594 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated within a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel and positioned close (or closer relative to anoth...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Hulk (hist) [618 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship, often an old ship or one that has become obsolete or uneconomical to operate, that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed and is...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Horse (hist) [918 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal bar (sometimes a shaped aluminum extrusion), running athwartships, to which a sheet is attached with a traveler that slides along the horse...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Hog (hist) [472 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A fore-and-aft structural member of the hull fitted over the keel to provide a fixing for the garboard planks. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Helm (hist) [276 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship's steering mechanism, such as a tiller or ship's wheel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The wheel and/or wheelhouse area....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Heel (hist) [458 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lean caused by the wind's force on the sails of a sailing vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The inclination or canting of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Head (hist) [513 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of the ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of any indivi...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Gun deck (hist) [885 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Up through the 19th century, a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. </span><br/>...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Guard ship (hist) [623 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any vessel that makes the rounds of a fleet at anchor to see that due watch is kept at night. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A wars...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Guards (hist) [738 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also paddle guards and wheel guards. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. (on an oceangoing sidewheel steamship) Horizontal structures, usua...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Grommet (hist) [266 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal or plastic ring inserted in canvas to prevent wear. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A ring of rope. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Galley (hist) [597 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (galley (kitchen)) The compartment of a ship where food is cooked or prepared; a ship's kitchen. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (ga...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Frigate (hist) [989 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the 17th century, any warship built for speed and maneuverability. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In the 18th and early 19th cen...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Foul (hist) [761 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; the opposite of clear. For instance, a rope is foul when it does...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Foot (hist) [245 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lower edge of any sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The bottom of a mast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 3. An...")