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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... sheet, stream, stem, waist and spare anchors, and besides these they have small ones called kedges (or kedge anchors), killicks or mudhooks. The sheetanchor, the largest and most powerful carried by a ship, is popularly supposed to be ...
... sheet, stream, stem, waist and spare anchors, and besides these they have small ones called kedges (or kedge anchors), killicks or mudhooks. The sheetanchor, the largest and most powerful carried by a ship, is popularly supposed to be ...
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... sheet of which are often fixed to the rudder, and the use of which sail is to aid the action of the rudder (with which it works) in getting the long hull about when tacking. The hull is very long, wallsided, flatbottomed, and lies very ...
... sheet of which are often fixed to the rudder, and the use of which sail is to aid the action of the rudder (with which it works) in getting the long hull about when tacking. The hull is very long, wallsided, flatbottomed, and lies very ...
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... sheets be eased off, by which actions the vessel will be made to sail more or less before the wind, she is said to be bearing away. Orders to bear up, or to bear away, mean practically, therefore, the same thing, viz., to put the helm ...
... sheets be eased off, by which actions the vessel will be made to sail more or less before the wind, she is said to be bearing away. Orders to bear up, or to bear away, mean practically, therefore, the same thing, viz., to put the helm ...
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... sheet, to another in the taffrail. At present there are few vessels of this description.” (Falconer's Dictionary.) The vessel has now become extinct. Bill board.—On ships, a support upon which the bills, or flukes, of the anchor rest ...
... sheet, to another in the taffrail. At present there are few vessels of this description.” (Falconer's Dictionary.) The vessel has now become extinct. Bill board.—On ships, a support upon which the bills, or flukes, of the anchor rest ...
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... sheets aft.—An expression used with respect to a square rigged vessel, signifying that she is running before the wind, in doing which the sheets of her square sails will be drawn aft equally. Bottom.—Of a ship, that part of her which is ...
... sheets aft.—An expression used with respect to a square rigged vessel, signifying that she is running before the wind, in doing which the sheets of her square sails will be drawn aft equally. Bottom.—Of a ship, that part of her which is ...
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