Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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canoe stern

Transportation; Nautical

a design for the stern of a yacht which is pointed, like a bow, rather than squared off as a transom.

cape horn fever

Transportation; Nautical

the name of the fake illness a malingerer is pretending to suffer from.

capstan

Transportation; Nautical

a large winch with a vertical axis. A full-sized human-powered capstan is a waist-high cylindrical machine, operated by a number of hands who each insert a horizontal capstan bar in holes in the ...

captain's daughter

Transportation; Nautical

the cat o' nine tails, which in principle is only used on board on the captain's (or a court martial's) personal orders.

cardinal

Transportation; Nautical

referring to the four main points of the compass: north, south, east and west. See also "bearing".

careening

Transportation; Nautical

tilting a ship on its side, usually when beached, to clean or repair the hull below the water line.

cat

Transportation; Nautical

to prepare an anchor, after raising it by lifting it with a tackle to the cat head, prior to securing (fishing) it alongside for sea. (An anchor raised to the cat head is said to be catted.)