Reef-tackles are ropes employed in the operation of reefing. &c.
Clue-lines are used to truss up the clues, or to lower the corners of the largest sails.
The Brake is the handle of the pump, by which it is worked.
Bowlines are ropes for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady.
The Wells are places in the ship's hold for the pumps, &c.
Earings are small lines, by which the uppermost corners of the largest sails are secured to the yard-arms.
Reefs are spaces by which the principal sails are reduced when the wind is too high, and enlarged again when its force abates.
Topsails are long and square, of the second degree in magnitude in all great ships.
Haliards are single ropes, by which the sails are hoisted up and lowered at pleasure.
Tally is the operation of hauling aft the sheets, or drawing them in the direction of the ship's stern.