Sailing
Of employment. May also be referred to as navigation and seafaring.
The work of a sailor.
This concept's ID is @1~1616
Line
- tack
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation...
- becket
(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose...
- bitter end
(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around...
- lanyard
(nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships.
- ratline
(nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder...
- towline
(nautical) a rope used in towing.
Ladder
- sea ladder
(nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard.
- Jacob's ladder
(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or...
Also contains
- rudder
(nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern...
- stay
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or ...
- lead line
(nautical) plumb line for determining depth.
- accommodation ladder
(nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access...
- bilge well
(nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away.
- luff
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast.
- overhead
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship.
- leg
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.
- steerageway
(nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered.
- escutcheon
(nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed.
- steering
The act of steering a ship.
- cabotage
Navigation in coastal waters.
- chip
A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line.
- sternpost
(nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel.
- deadeye
(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a s...
- capsizing
(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water.
- stokehold
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
- tack
(nautical) the act of changing tack.
- beam-ends
(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means...
- bell
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's...
- spun yarn
(nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely...