Sheet-anchor. See the article Anchor.
SHELL, in artillery. See Mortar and Range.
Shell of a block, the outer frame or case, wherein the sheave or wheel is contained, and traverses about its axis. See Block.
SHELVES, écueils, (schylf, Sax.) a general name given to any dangerous shallows, sand-banks, or rocks lying immediately under the surface of the water, so as to intercept any ship in her passage, and expose her to destruction.
SHIFTED, desarrimée, the state of a ship’s ballast or cargo when it is shaken from one side to the other, either by the violence of her rolling in a turbulent sea, or by an extraordinary inclination to one side when under a great pressure of sail. This circumstance, however, rarely happens, unless to those cargoes which are stowed in bulk, as corn, salt, or such materials. See Laden and Trim.
Shifted, sauté, when expressed of the wind, implies altered.
SHIFTER, detrempeur, a person appointed to assist the ship’s cook, particularly in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
SHIFTING a tackle, the act of removing the blocks of a tackle to a greater distance from each other, on the object to which they are applied, in order to give a greater scope or extent to their purchase. This operation is otherwise called fleeting. See that article.
Shifting the helm, rencontrer, is the alteration of its position, by pushing it towards the opposite side of the ship. See Helm.
Shifting the voyal, depasser, changing its position on the capstern from the right to the left, and vice versa.