That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; it is also useful in taking it in, should the down-haul be carried away.
·vt the book itself. II. Sheet ·vt To expand, as a sheet. III. Sheet ·vt A <<Sail>>. IV. Sheet ·v...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A rope or chain fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain the clue d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...
The spare bower cable belonging to a ship. Sheet is deemed stand-by, and is also applied to its anch...
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge. II. Sheet...
·- The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. ...
·- A chain sheet cable. ...
In sailing free or large, is the position of the sheets or lower clues of the principal sails when t...
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
A sort of double hitch, made by passing the end of one rope through the bight of another, round both...
A hempen cable used when riding in deep water, where the weight of a chain cable would oppress a shi...
Copper rolled out into sheets, for the sheathing of ships' bottoms, &c. ...
The Silurus glanis, a large fish found in many European rivers and lakes. ...
The order, after the sails are loosed, to extend the sheets to the outer extremities of the yards, t...
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>. II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...
·add. ·- A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vesse...
·- A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. ...
The 'tween decks. ...
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails." ...
See beams. ...
, otherwise deck-load (which see). ...
Pieces of wood temporarily nailed to the deck to secure objects in bad weather, as guns, deck-load, ...
The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...
An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...
Timber, casks, or other cargo not liable to damage from wet, stowed on the deck of merchant vessels....
A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker. ...
In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...
The interstices between the planks. ...
(See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...
A purchase led along the decks. ...
A continued floor laid from the stem to the stern, upon one range, without any break. ...
The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...
That part from the fore-mast to the bows. ...
A light movable deck, similar to the hatch-deck, but with open gratings. ...
See decks. ...
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
Gun brigs had hatches instead of lower decks. ...
A light deck over the saloon of some steamers. ...
The place where a ship's crew mess. ...
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...
This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...
The highest of those decks which are continued throughout the whole length of a ship without falls o...
An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...
An iron ring which traverses along on the fore-sheet horse of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...
The order to ease off; give her rope. ...
A man's saying that he will not start tack or sheet implies resolution. ...
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...
See deck-nails. ...
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...
The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...
See netting. ...
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...
To pull it in more towards the stern, so as to trim the sail nearer to the wind. ...
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man. ...
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot. ...
to pull it in, by hauling in slack. ...
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c. ...
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...