One or more wooden bulk-heads in a vessel's hold, put up fore-and-aft, and firmly supported, for preventing a cargo which is stowed in bulk from shifting.
·adj Adapted or used for shifting anything. II. Shifting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Shift>>. III. Shifti...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Shuffling. Tricking. Shifting cove; i.e. a person who lives by tricking. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board. ...
When by heavy rolling the ballast shifts in the hold. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Pigs of iron, bags of sand, &c., used for ballast, and capable of being moved to trim the vessel. Al...
See meta-centre. ...
A bank, of which the sand, being incoherent, is subject to removal or being driven about by the viol...
Variable breezes, mostly light. ...
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
The same as floats of a paddle-wheel. ...
Synonymous with chain-wales. ...
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails. ...
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...
Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...
Frequent tacking, where there is not room for long boards, or from some other cause, as weather or t...
Planks fixed at an obtuse angle, to reflect light into a magazine. ...
A carved board on each side of the stem, reaching from it to the figure, or to the brackets. The car...
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...
A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...
Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...
The act of removing the blocks of a tackle to a greater distance from each other, in order to extend...
Changing its position on the capstan from right to left, or vice versâ. ...
Those which can be changed from one side of a ship to the other, as the occasion demands. ...
See tack and half-tack. ...
, or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...