An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

Battre la marche, to give the signal for sailing.

BATTU, weather-beaten, shattered by a storm, or disabled in battle.

BATTURE. See Basse.

BAU, abeam of the lower-decks.

Bau de dale, the hindermost or aftmost beam.

Bau de lof, the foremost beam in a ship.

Bau-maître, or Maître-Bau, the midship-beam, or the beam which is placed at the extreme breadth.

BAUX-faux, or Faux-Baux, beams of the orlop.

BAUDET, a sawyer’s frame, horse, or tresle.

BAUQUIERES, the clamps, or inner planks, by which the beams of a ship rest upon her sides.