| Bittacle (Binnacle). | See pp. [214] and [253]. |
| Bitts. | Posts on a deck to which cables, etc., could be fastened. |
| Bolt-ropes. | Ropes round the edge of a sail to prevent tearing. |
| Bonnets. | See p. [158]. |
| Boxhauling. | See p. [252]. |
| Brails. | Small ropes used for the purpose of shortening a ship’s canvas. |
| Careen. | To lay a ship over on to her side for the purpose of cleaning, caulking, etc. |
| Catheads. | Short projecting beams serving as a bracket to suspend the anchor clear of the bows. |
| Drabler. | Canvas laced on the bonnet of a sail to give it more drop. |
| Driver. | A large squaresail set occasionally upon the mizzen-yard or gaff. |
| Dunnage. | Loose wood or other material packed in the hold with the cargo to prevent it from shifting. |
| Fothering. | See p. [262]. |
| Gaff. | A spar used for extending the upper edge of a fore-and-aft rectangular sail. |
| Gripe, to. | To come up into the wind in spite of the helm. |
| Gripe of a ship. | 1. The sharpness of her stern under the water. 2. A projection added to the keel. |
| Gripes. | Lashings securing a boat in its place. |
| Ground-tackle. | Ropes and tackle used in connection with anchors and mooring apparatus generally. |
| Hawse-pipes. | The metal linings to the hawse-holes or holes in a ship’s bows through which the cable passes. |
| Hog, to. | To scrub a ship with flat scrubbing brooms called hogs. |
| Manger. | A small apartment made in the ship’s bows to catch the water flowing through the hawse-holes. |
| Mizzen. | The aftermost mast of a vessel with two or more masts. Sometimes called a jigger. In medieval four-masters the aftermost mast was called the bonaventure mizzen, and the one immediately forward of this the main mizzen. |
| Moonrakers. | Sails above the sky-sails. |
| Parral. | A band for keeping the end of a yard to the mast. |
| Pinch, to. | To sail close-hauled. |
| Quant, to. | To propel a craft along shallow water-ways by means of a long pole. |
| Rhumb-line. | The line (cutting all the meridians at the same angle) which is followed by a ship sailing on one course. |
| Scarfing. | See p. [282]. |
| Scuppers. | Gutters or channels along the outer edge of a deck by which water runs off. |
| Snatch-blocks. | Iron-bound blocks with an opening in which the bight of a rope may be laid without threading the end of the rope through. |
| Stringer. | A strip of timber running round a ship internally in line with the deck. |
| Swatch-way. | A narrow sound or channel of water among sand-banks. |
| Tabernacle. | The socket or hinged post for a mast that can be lowered at will to pass under bridges, etc. |
| Trestle-trees. | See p. [207]. |
| Tumble-home. | The incline inwards of a ship’s sides above the level of its extreme breadth. |
| Ware. | To veer. |