BOAT-DAVIT. A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while the inner end is shipped into a cleat on each side of the bottom of the boat, for weighing anchors when needed. (See [Davit].)
BOAT-FAST. See [Painter].
BOAT-GEER. A general name for the rigging and furniture of a boat.
BOAT-HIRE. Expenses for the use of shore-boats.
BOAT-HOOK. An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which a boat is either pulled to, or pushed off from, any place, and is capable of holding on by anything.
BOATILA. A narrow-sterned, flat-bottomed boat of the Gulf of Manar.
BOATING. Transporting men, munitions, or goods, in boats.
BOAT-KEEPER. One of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. In small vessels he is sometimes called the boatman.
BOAT-NAILS. Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the points, and made both of copper and iron. (See [Nails].)
BOAT-ROPE. A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.