The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is usually lashed between the ridge-ropes.
·noun <<Urine>>. II. Netting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Net>>. III. Netting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Net>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chamber-lye, urine. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Network of rope or small line for the purpose of securing hammocks, sails, &c. ♦ Boarding netting....
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...
An ornamental frame of netting answering the purpose of a bulwark. ...
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails. ...
See hammock-nettings. ...
The fore-topmast staysail, main-topmast staysail, and main staysail are generally stowed in the nett...
A cross-barred net formed of half-inch rope lashed at every rectangular crossing, and spread from ri...
See bowsprit-netting. ...
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. ...
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...
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...
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. ...
See slings. ...
A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...