Transportation

Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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hammock

Transportation; Nautical

canvas sheets, slung from the deckhead in messdecks, in which seamen slept. "Lash up and stow" a piped command to tie up hammocks and stow them (typically) in racks inboard of the ...

handy billy

Transportation; Nautical

a loose block and tackle with a hook or tail on each end, which can be used wherever it is needed. Usually made up of one single and one double block.

hand bomber

Transportation; Nautical

a ship using coal-fired boilers shoveled in by hand.

hand over fist

Transportation; Nautical

to climb steadily upwards, from the motion of a sailor climbing shrouds on a sailing ship (originally "hand over hand").

hank

Transportation; Nautical

amfastener attached to the luff of the headsail that attaches the headsail to the forestay. Typical designs include a bronze or plastic hook with a spring-operated gate, or a ...