20 Terms
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General boating
hatchway
Boat; General boating
A covered opening in a ship's deck through which cargo can be loaded or access made to a lower deck; the cover to the opening is called a hatch.
man overboard!
Boat; General boating
A cry let out when a seaman has gone 'overboard' (fallen from the ship into the water).
ahoy
Boat; General boating
A cry to draw attention. Term used to hail a boat or a ship, as "Boat ahoy!"
engine order telegraph
Boat; General boating
A communications device used by the pilot to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed. Also Chadburn.
ox-eye
Boat; General boating
A cloud or other weather phenomenon that may be indicative of an upcoming storm.
holystone
Boat; General boating
A chunk of sandstone used to scrub the decks. The name comes from both the kneeling position sailors adopt to scrub the deck (reminiscent of genuflection for prayer), and the stone itself (which ...
clean bill of health
Boat; General boating
A certificate issued by a port indicating that the ship carries no infectious diseases. Also called a pratique.
