The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually of copper.
A ship is said to be in irons when, by mismanagement, she is permitted to come up in the wind and lo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A riddle or sieve. II. Rudder ·noun Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course thro...
·- A pair of pistols. II. Barking irons ·- Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. ...
·noun ·pl A pair of blacksmith's tongs. ...
Pistols, from their explosion resembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. IRISH. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Handcuffs. ...
corruption of Andirons. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
brand-irons. ...
Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...
Large duelling pistols. ...
Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...
The peculiar chisels used for the purpose of caulking: they are the caulking-iron, the making-iron, ...
Curved bars of iron placed over the ornaments of a ship to defend them from damage. ...
Consist of a pointed wire used through the vent to prick the cartridge when it is "home," and of a f...
Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering w...
The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...
The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...
Strong copper chains connected with the aft side of the rudder by a span clamp and shackles. They ar...
The same as gudgeon (which see) and chalder. ...
See chock. ...
A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...
Those secured to a ship are termed braces; gudgeon is more applicable to boats or small vessels. ...
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...
Synonymous with wheel-house. ...
(See rudder-chains.) Hempen pendants fastened to the rudder-chains, for steering in cases of acciden...
The hooks attached to the rudder, which enter the braces, and hang it. ...
The aftermost part of the rudder. ...
The main piece of a rudder. ...
Attached to the rudder-pendants. ...
A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...
So as to allow the pintles to fall into their corresponding braces, constantly in boats, and frequen...
See rudder-horn. ...
(See wood-locks of the rudder.) In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c. ...
A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel. ...
See pintles. ...
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...
Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...