Usually means: Useless part on a ship.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dunsel)

noun:  (nautical) Something (especially part of a vessel) that is useless, or superfluous or unnecessary.
noun:  (nautical, by extension) A captain of a vessel who has little or no authority.

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