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

ETANCHER, to stop a leak; also to pump the water out of a ship.

ETANÇONS, a sort of stanchions.

ETAPE, a mart, or place of public sale for merchandise; also a commercial port.

ETARCURE, the drop or depth of a sail.

ETAT d’armement, a list, or register, containing the number of ships, and of officers, destined for a naval armament; as also the quality and proportion of cordage, sails, and furniture of a ship, &c.

Capitaine du grand Etat, a captain of a ship of the line of battle.

Capitaine du petit Etat, a master and commander.

ETENDARD, the royal standard, carried by the principal galley of France.

ETÉSIES, or vents Etésiens, trade-winds, or monsoons.

ÉTOUPE, oakum, or oakham.