Plat. A braid of foxes. (See Fox.)
Plate. (See Chain-plate.)
Plug. A piece of wood, fitted into a hole in a vessel or boat, so as to let in or keep out water.
Point. To take the end of a rope and work it over with knittles. (See page 51. See Reef-points.)
Pole. Applied to the highest mast of a ship, usually painted; as, skysail pole.
Poop. A deck raised over the after part of the spar deck. A vessel is pooped when the sea breaks over her stern.
Poppets. Perpendicular pieces of timber fixed to the fore-and-aft part of the bilge-ways in launching.
Port. Used instead of larboard.
To port the helm, is to put it to the larboard.
Port, or Port-hole. Holes in the side of a vessel, to point cannon out of. (See Bridle.)