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

COUBAIS, a barge or galley of Japan, greatly ornamented, and rowed with forty oars.

COUCHE, the pillow of a stay, or the piece of wood upon which it rests.

COUDRAN, a mixture of tar and some other ingredients, used to prevent ropes from rotting. See Goudron.

COUETS, the tacks of the main-sail and fore-sail. See Amurer.

Couets à queue de rat, tacks which taper to the point.

COUILLARD, an old term signifying the clue of a sail.

COULADOUX, shroud-tackles, which are used in the galleys, and some other vessels of the Mediterranean, in the place of dead-eyes and laniards.

COULANTES, or Courantes, the running rigging. See Manoeuvres courantes.

COULÉE, that part of a ship’s bottom which lies between the floor-heads and the keel, which is somewhat concave on the outside.

COULER à fond, to sink at sea. See also Sancer.