Bear away.—To steer so that a vessel sails off her course to leeward.
Belay.—To make fast the end of a rope temporarily by turning it round a cleat.
Bight.—The loop formed by a rope when a knot or hitch is being made.
Bolt Rope.—The rope surrounding a sail, and to which the canvas is sewed.
Brail up.—To furl a sail along the mast by hauling on a rope which is led from the mast round the sail.
Breaming.—Cleaning a vessel’s bottom by burning the paint or tar off.
Bridle.—A rope with its two ends fastened to the two ends of a spar—as to a trawl beam, or to a deep-sea anchor—and held by a rope attached to the middle of the bight.
Broach to.—To fall off so much, when going free, as to bring the vessel nearly broadside on to the wind.
Bulkhead.—Partitions dividing a vessel into sections.
Bumpkin.—A spar projecting from a vessel to which a sheet or other rope is led; for instance, the mizzen sheet is led through a block or sheave hole at the end of the mizzen bumpkin.