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Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
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dressing down
Boat; General boating
1. Treating old sails with oil or wax to renew them. 2. A verbal reprimand.
cat
Boat; General boating
1. To prepare an anchor, after raising it by lifting it with a tackle to the cat head, prior to securing (fishing) it alongside for sea. (An anchor raised to the cat head is said ...
belay
Boat; General boating
1. To make fast a line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. 2. An order to halt a current activity or countermand an order prior to execution.
gaff
Boat; General boating
1. The spar that holds the upper edge of a four-sided fore-and-aft mounted sail. 2. A hook on a long pole to haul fish in.
foul
Boat; General boating
1. The opposite of clear. For instance, a rope is foul when it does nor run straight or smoothly, and an anchor is foul when it is caught on an obstruction. 2. A breach of racing ...
foot
Boat; General boating
1. The lower edge of any sail. 2. The bottom of a mast. 3. A measurement of 12 inches.
lifeboat
Boat; General boating
1. Shipboard lifeboat, kept on board a vessel and used to take crew and passengers to safety in the event of the ship being abandoned. 2. Rescue lifeboat, usually launched from ...
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