rudder-chocks

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See chock.

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    The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course thro...

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  • anchor-chocks

    Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...

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    Clamps of wood upon which a boat rests when stowed on a vessel's deck. ...

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  • cross-chocks

    Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...

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  • mooring-chocks

    Large pieces of hard wood with a hole in the centre, shod with iron collars, and fastened between tw...

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  • windlass-chocks

    Those pieces of oak or elm fastened inside the bows of small craft, to support the ends of the windl...

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  • Rudder bands

    Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out o...

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    A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering w...

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  • rudder braces

    The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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  • rudder bands or braces

    The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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  • rudder-case

    The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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  • rudder-chains

    Strong copper chains connected with the aft side of the rudder by a span clamp and shackles. They ar...

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  • rudder-chalder

    The same as gudgeon (which see) and chalder. ...

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  • rudder-coat

    A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...

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  • rudder-gudgeon

    Those secured to a ship are termed braces; gudgeon is more applicable to boats or small vessels. ...

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  • rudder-head

    The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...

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  • rudder-horn

    A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...

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  • rudder-house

    Synonymous with wheel-house. ...

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  • rudder-irons

    The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...

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  • rudder-pendants

    (See rudder-chains.) Hempen pendants fastened to the rudder-chains, for steering in cases of acciden...

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  • rudder-pintles

    The hooks attached to the rudder, which enter the braces, and hang it. ...

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  • rudder-rake

    The aftermost part of the rudder. ...

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  • rudder-stock

    The main piece of a rudder. ...

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  • rudder-tackles

    Attached to the rudder-pendants. ...

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  • rudder-trunk

    A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...

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  • hanging the rudder

    So as to allow the pintles to fall into their corresponding braces, constantly in boats, and frequen...

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  • horns of the rudder

    See rudder-horn. ...

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  • key of the rudder

    (See wood-locks of the rudder.) In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c. ...

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  • sole of the rudder

    A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel. ...

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  • straps of the rudder

    See pintles. ...

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  • main-piece of the rudder

    The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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  • wood-locks of the rudder

    Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...

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