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Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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matelot

Boat; General boating

A traditional Royal Navy term for an ordinary sailor.

head of navigation

Boat; General boating

A term used to describe the farthest point above the mouth of a river that can be navigated by ships.

tingle

Boat; General boating

A thin temporary patch.

chronometer

Boat; General boating

A timekeeper accurate enough to be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation.

mould

Boat; General boating

A template of the shape of the hull in transverse section. Several moulds are used to form a temporary framework around which a hull is built.

scudding

Boat; General boating

A term applied to a vessel when carried furiously along by a tempest.

mess deck catering

Boat; General boating

A system of catering in which a standard ration is issued to a mess supplemented by a money allowance which may be used by the mess to buy additional victuals from the pusser's ...

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