An old Gaelic term for a castle or fortress, as well as for a rock in the sea.
·noun A carack. ·see <<Carack>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A kind of knot, formed on a bight by putting the end of a rope over its standing part, and then pass...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-b...