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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topsail

Transportation; Nautical

the second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. These may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of ...

pilot

Transportation; Nautical

navigator. A specially knowledgeable person qualified to navigate a vessel through difficult waters, e.g. harbour pilot etc.

planing

Transportation; Nautical

when a fast-moving vessel skims over the water instead of pushing through it.

reaching

Transportation; Nautical

sailing across the wind: from about 60° to about 160° off the wind. Reaching consists of "close reaching" (about 60° to 80°), "beam reaching" (about 90°) and "broad reaching" ...

watch

Transportation; Nautical

The day at sea is divided into six four-hour periods. Three groups of watchstanders are on duty for four hours and then off for eight, then back to duty. Seamen often work ...