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Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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halyard or halliard
Transportation; Nautical
originally, ropes used for hoisting a spar with a sail attached; today, a line used to raise the head of any sail.
lee shore
Transportation; Nautical
a shore downwind of a ship. A ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded.
leech
Transportation; Nautical
the aft or trailing edge of a fore-and-aft sail; the leeward edge of a spinnaker; a vertical edge of a square sail. The leech is susceptible to twist, which is controlled by the ...
waist
Transportation; Nautical
the central deck of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
lugsail
Transportation; Nautical
a four-sided fore-and-aft sail supported by a spar along the top that is fixed to the mast at a point some distance from the center of the spar. See Lugger.
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