Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed.
·noun ·pl A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A frame composed of two strong pieces of straight oak timber, fixed upright in the fore-part of a sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the ...
·vt the book itself. II. Sheet ·vt To expand, as a sheet. III. Sheet ·vt A <<Sail>>. IV. Sheet ·v...
A rope or chain fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain the clue d...
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...
See bitts. ...
The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-b...
Those to which the jeers are fastened and belayed. ...
Those to which the cable is made fast. ...
The supports near their ends. ...
See carrick-bitts. ...
·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...
·noun A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast. ...
A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on th...
A light sail set on the topmost stay of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...
A deep-roached sail, set in some schooners and sloops on the heel of their top-masts between the top...
Is full schooner-rigged, but carries a square-topsail on the fore-mast; the fore-sail not bent, but ...
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. ...
That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; i...
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...
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...
Sloops which carry standing yards. ...
Circular framed racks in which the topsail-halliards are coiled clear for running, and are prevented...
See topsail-schooner. ...
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. ...
The same as standards (which see). ...
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. ...