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Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
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master-at-arms
Boat; General boating
A non-commissioned officer responsible for discipline on a naval ship. Standing between the officers and the crew, commonly known in the Royal Navy as 'the Buffer'.
boatswain
Boat; General boating
A non-commissioned officer responsible for the sails, ropes rigging and boats on a ship who issues "piped" commands to seamen.
advance note
Boat; General boating
A note for one month's wages issued to sailors on their signing a ship's articles.
scud
Boat; General boating
A name given by sailors to the lowest clouds, which are mostly observed in squally weather.
lumber hooker
Boat; General boating
A nautical term for a Great Lakes ship designed to carry her own deck load of lumber and to tow one or two barges. The barges were big old schooners stripped of their masts and ...
gangplank
Boat; General boating
A movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier; also known as a "brow".
parrel
Boat; General boating
A movable loop or collar, used to fasten a yard or gaff to its respective mast. Parrel still allows the spar to be raised or lowered and swivel around the mast. Can be made of ...
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