v
(rare) To say “arr” like a pirate.
adj
Alternative form of a taunto [(nautical) Of a ship, especially a tall square-rigged one: in which all running rigging is hauled taut; having all spars hoisted aloft; having all sails set.]
n
Alternative form of ballicater [(Newfoundland) Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shoreline, making a fringe or band on the landward side.]
n
Alternative form of ballicater [(Newfoundland) Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shoreline, making a fringe or band on the landward side.]
n
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
n
(naval slang) A pennant displayed on a ship at mealtimes.
n
(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
adj
Alternative form of bilgy [Containing, or resembling, bilge.]
n
(historical) A pike (weapon) used in boarding an enemy ship, or in defending it when attacked.
n
(by extension) A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
n
(nautical) A whistle, previously used by boatswain's mates to pipe orders throughout a ship; now used for the ceremonial piping onboard of visiting dignitaries.
n
Alternative form of booby-hatch [(nautical) A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.]
n
A guard who is stationed at the bow of a ship.
n
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
n
(nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
n
Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
n
(nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
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(nautical) The deck reserved for cars
n
(nautical) an early life raft consisting of a large oval ring of copper tubing covered with kapok and painted waterproof canvas.
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(obsolete, nautical) The open space underneath the poop deck of a galley where the captain had his bed; it evolved into the cabin.
n
(nautical) A ferry that is pulled through the water via an attached chain.
n
(naval slang) A funnel for discharging smoke from the galley.
n
(nautical) clinker-built work on a vessel
n
The galley or caboose of a ship.
n
(nautical) A wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire
n
(nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
n
A triangular sail on old sailing ships.
n
Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker [(nautical, idiomatic) The bottom of the ocean, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.]
v
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
n
(nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft.
n
(countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
n
(slang, nautical, archaic) A container holding the remnants of meals from the cabin.
n
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
v
(nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
n
(nautical) A vessel capable of moving both forwards and backwards, having bow and rudder at each end.
n
(nautical) A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
n
(nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
n
(nautical) Something (especially part of a vessel) that is useless, or superfluous or unnecessary.
n
(boating) The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
n
a ship converted to a permanently moored hotel.
n
(obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.
n
(nautical) The uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.
n
(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
n
A small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
n
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.
n
(nautical) A vessel that sails seemingly without wind.
n
(nautical) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches, chiefly used in fishing.
n
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
n
(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
n
Obsolete spelling of hulk [(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.]
n
(nautical) A cross-deck about amidships, a bridge-deck or bridge: the upper light deck of a passenger-steamer.
n
(nautical) A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
n
(rowing) A rowing boat that has oarlocks positioned on the gunwales
n
(UK, naval slang) A conceited, argumentative or swaggering sailor.
n
(rowing) Synonym of inrigger
n
(sailing) Any sailboat having a keel (as opposed to a centerboard or daggerboard).
n
(naval slang) A leading seaman, who wears a badge with an anchor emblem.
n
(historical) A kind of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings.
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(sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.
n
(uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
n
(nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
n
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
n
(nautical) A sailor on duty on a maintop.
n
(nautical slang) Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.
n
(nautical) A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.
n
Alternative form of oarhole [(nautical) a slot or opening in the side of a galley or ship through which an oar is fitted]
n
An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
n
(slang) An oil-powered torpedo boat.
n
A streamlined towed body used in minesweeping to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position relative to the sweeping ship.
n
A blade of a waterwheel.
n
(nautical) The upper covering of a paddle wheel.
n
(aviation, shipping) A radio call indicating a minor emergency requiring some assistance, or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel or those aboard.
n
(nautical) A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.
n
A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
n
(nautical) A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
n
(nautical) A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.
v
Alternative form of pitchpole [(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.]
n
The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.
adj
Having a (specified kind of) prow.
n
(by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
n
A sail, a kind of asymmetrical spinnaker.
n
(nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
n
A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
n
(nautical, in the plural) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
n
(nautical) A triangular sail.
n
A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
n
(informal) A rack on a boat or a vehicle, for holding or storing fishing rods.
n
Alternative form of rowlock [(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).]
n
A building for storing and repairing of nets, ropes, and ships' rigging.
n
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
n
An act or instance of rowing.
adj
Having a rudder or rudders.
n
Alternative form of rowlock [(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).]
n
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
n
(nautical) A canvas cover laced over furled sails etc. to keep them dry and clean.
n
A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.
n
The occupation of making sails.
n
A room on a ship for the storage of sails.
n
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
n
A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
n
(uncommon) A fogbow, as seen my mariners.
n
(chiefly New Zealand) The practice of working as a non-union casual stevedore.
n
The noise radiating from a ship, etc. because of its own operation.
n
An ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle, usually one with a narrow neck which makes it difficult to see how the ship was put in place.
n
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A washtub.
v
(transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
n
(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
n
(nautical) A supply of clothing and other items on board a ship, which can be purchased by the seamen.
n
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
n
(nautical) A device for making soundings at sea.
n
A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
n
(nautical) A cover, for a kayak or canoe, that prevents water entering during rough weather.
n
A boat used to mark the start line in a sailing race.
n
(nautical, obsolete) Any of the men in the starboard watch.
n
(nautical, informal) a reverse transom which flexes inwardly, usually with swim steps
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A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
n
(nautical) A worker on a yacht, responsible for furling and setting the sails.
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(nautical) Alternative form of thwart [(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.]
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(nautical) The man stationed in the top on a sailing vessel, responsible for the setting of the sails
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(nautical) A board, typically fitted with survey equipment, towed behind a vessel
n
A ship used to tow other vessels.
n
(nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.
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(mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
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(China, Hong Kong) A sheltered section of a harbour where small to medium-sized watercraft can dock during typhoons, gales, or other rough weather.
n
A person who operates a windlass.
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(nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
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