Home > Industry/Domain > Boat
Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
3Categories 9559Terms
Add a new termContributors in Boat
Boat > General boating 
gam
Boat; General boating
A meeting of two (or more) whaling ships at sea. The ships each send out a boat to the other, and the two captains meet on one ship, while the two chief mates meet on the other.
clinker built
Boat; General boating
A method of constructing hulls that involves overlapping planks, and/or plates, much like Viking longships, resulting in speed and flexibility in small boat hulls. Cf "carvel ...
carvel built
Boat; General boating
A method of constructing wooden hulls by fixing planks to a frame so that the planks butt up against each other. Cf "clinker built".
toe-rail
Boat; General boating
A low strip running around the edge of the deck like a low bulwark. It may be shortened or have gaps in it to allow water to flow off the deck.
pennant
Boat; General boating
A long, thin triangular flag flown from the masthead of a military ship (as opposed to a burgee, the flags thus flown on yachts).
Sub-categories
- General boating (4999)
- Sailboat (3520)
- Yacht (1024)