Boat

Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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fetch

Boat; General boating

1. The distance across water which a wind or waves have traveled. 2. To reach a mark without tacking.

reef

Boat; General boating

1. Reef: To temporarily reduce the area of a sail exposed to the wind, usually to guard against adverse effects of strong wind or to slow the vessel. 2. Reef: Rock or coral, ...

swinging the lead

Boat; General boating

1. Measuring the depth of water beneath a ship using a lead-weighted sounding line. Regarded as a relatively easy job, thus: 2. Feigning illness etc to avoid a hard job.

dunnage

Boat; General boating

1. Loose packing material used to protect a ship's cargo from damage during transport. 2. Personal baggage.

bight

Boat; General boating

1. Bight, a loop in rope or line - a hitch or knot tied on the bight is one tied in the middle of a rope, without access to the ends. 2. An indentation in a coastline.