A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit.
·noun ·see 1st Jeer (b). II. Gear ·noun Warlike accouterments. III. Gear ·noun Manner; custom; beh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[the Anglo-Saxon geara, clothing]. A general name for the rigging of any particular spar or sail; ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail fo...
The nose, from its being the most projecting part of the human face, as the bowsprit is of a ship. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, or bolt-sprit A large spar, ranking with a lower-mast, projecting over the stem; beyond it exten...
·- A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their t...
·add. ·- A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that o...
·add. ·- A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise. ...
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>. ...
·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...
Mats, sinnet, spun-yarn, strands, battens, scotchmen, and the like. ...
Everything pertaining to its handling. ...
A term implying any materials requisite for fitting or repairing the pumps, as boxes, leather, &c. ...
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...
The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...
The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...
The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is...
Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...
One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes f...
One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. ...
·add. ·- A steering gear, ·esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they str...
See slings. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever. ...
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever. ...