Flemish Coil. (See French-fake.)
Flemish-eye. A kind of eye-splice. (See Plate 5 and page 45.)
Flemish-horse. An additional foot-rope at the ends of topsail yards.
Floor. The bottom of a vessel, on each side of the keelson.
Floor Timbers. Those timbers of a vessel which are placed across the keel. (See Plate 3.)
Flowing Sheet. When a vessel has the wind free, and the lee clews eased off.
Flukes. The broad triangular plates at the extremity of the arms of an anchor, terminating in a point called the bill.
Fly. That part of a flag which extends from the Union to the extreme end. (See Union.)
Foot. The lower end of a mast or sail. (See Fore-foot.)
Foot-rope. The rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling, formerly called horses.