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

PIED de vent, a clear spot of the sky, appearing under a cloud to windward.

Pied-marin, sea shoes; expressed of a man who has got sea-legs, or who treads sure and firm at sea, as being accustomed thereto.

PIÉDROITS, the Samson’s posts, erected in the hold from the kelson to the lower-deck hatchways, and notched with steps.

PIERRIER, a petrero, or small cannon, sometimes used in sea-fights, and generally charged with musquet-shot, or swivel balls.

PIÉTER le gouvernail, to mark the stern-post with feet, in order to discover how many feet of water the ship draws abaft.

PILIERS de bittes, the bitts of a ship.

PILLAGE, the plunder taken from any enemy after engagement.

PILON, or petit écore, a shore which is steep to, and but little raised above the sea.

PILOTAGE, the navigating, conducting, or steering of a ship.

PILOTE, a sea-pilot, or the conductor of a ship’s course by the art of navigation; also the master of a ship. See Hauturier.