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liner

Boat; General boating

Ship of the line: a major warship capable of taking its place in the main (battle) line of fighting ships. Hence modern term for prestigious passenger vessels: ocean liner.

king plank

Boat; General boating

The centerline plank of a laid deck. Its sides are often recessed, or nibbed, to take the ends of their parallel curved deck planks.

crow's nest

Boat; General boating

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly ...

keel

Boat; General boating

The central structural basis of the hull

cuntline

Boat; General boating

The "valley" between the strands of a rope or cable. Before serving a section of laid rope e.g. to protect it from chafing, it may be "wormed" by laying yarns in the cuntlines, giving that section an ...

quarterdeck

Boat; General boating

The aftermost deck of a warship. In the age of sail, the quarterdeck was the preserve of the ship's officers.

knockdown

Boat; General boating

The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.

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