A Dictionary of Sea Terms (1919)Read Books Ltd, 16 Apr 2013 - 340 halaman This vintage book is an exhaustive and profusely illustrated dictionary of nineteenth- and eighteen-century nautical terminology. “A Dictionary of Sea Terms” will appeal to those with an interest in sailing, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing. |
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... —Heavy pieces of timber, such as piles before erection, etc. Brackets, in almost any position, holding two or more timbers together, or preventing them from slipping. THAMES BAWLEY. Bawley.—The name given to a class of fishing.
... —Heavy pieces of timber, such as piles before erection, etc. Brackets, in almost any position, holding two or more timbers together, or preventing them from slipping. THAMES BAWLEY. Bawley.—The name given to a class of fishing.
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A. Ansted. THAMES BAWLEY. Bawley.—The name given to a class of fishing smack common to the Thames below Gravesend. These craft are often clincher built with bluffbows; cutter rigged, with a trysail (mainsail without boom), and very ...
A. Ansted. THAMES BAWLEY. Bawley.—The name given to a class of fishing smack common to the Thames below Gravesend. These craft are often clincher built with bluffbows; cutter rigged, with a trysail (mainsail without boom), and very ...
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... Thames in common with other passenger steamboats, etc. This is also the department of the Government to which, under the Acts relating to the Conservancy Board and Trinity House, certain questions arising under these Acts are referred ...
... Thames in common with other passenger steamboats, etc. This is also the department of the Government to which, under the Acts relating to the Conservancy Board and Trinity House, certain questions arising under these Acts are referred ...
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... Thames Conservancy is on the Thames Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge. Copper.—This is the best material wherewith to preserve the bottom of a boat from the attacks of barnacles, etc., as well as from the action of the water; and a boat ...
... Thames Conservancy is on the Thames Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge. Copper.—This is the best material wherewith to preserve the bottom of a boat from the attacks of barnacles, etc., as well as from the action of the water; and a boat ...
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2/6 per post anchor barges barkentine beam belayed block boom bowsprit Brande and Cox Brown’s cable canvas carried chain clew closehauled cutter deck diagrams under FRAME employed fishing fitted flag fore foreandaft rigged foresail forestay forward futtock gaff gunwale halyards hauled head head sails helm hoisted hole iron keel keelson knot large vessels leech lower mainsail mast means mizzen Nautical oars open boat passing piece planks port Price racing reef reef band reef knot river rope round rowing rowlocks rudder running sailing boat schooner sheet ship ship’s shipbuilding shrouds side signal small craft Smyth sometimes called spar spinnaker splicing square rigged square sails standing starboard stay stem stern strakes studding sails tack tackle term Thames Thames skiffs tide tiller timber topmast topsail trysail usually weather wind windward word yacht yard yarn yawl