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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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tabernacle
Transportation; Nautical
a large bracket attached firmly to the deck, to which the foot of the mast is fixed. It has two sides or cheeks and a bolt forming the pivot around which the mast is raised and ...
taffrail
Transportation; Nautical
a rail at the stern of the boat that covers the head of the counter timbers.
tailshaft
Transportation; Nautical
a kind of metallic shafting (a rod of metal) to hold the propeller and connected to the power engine. When the tailshaft is moved, the propeller may also be moved for propulsion.
taken aback
Transportation; Nautical
an inattentive helmsmen might allow the dangerous situation to arise where the wind is blowing into the sails 'backwards', causing a sudden (and possibly dangerous) shift in the ...
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