Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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the doldrums

Transportation; Nautical

also called the "equatorial calms", is a nautical term for the equatorial trough, with special reference to the light and variable nature of the winds.

dolphin

Transportation; Nautical

a structure consisting of a number of piles driven into the seabed or riverbed in a circular pattern and drawn together with wire rope.

downhaul

Transportation; Nautical

a line used to control either a mobile spar, or the shape of a sail.

draft or draught

Transportation; Nautical

the depth of a ship's keel below the waterline.

dressing down

Transportation; Nautical

1) treating old sails with oil or wat to renew them 2) a verbal reprimand

driver-mast

Transportation; Nautical

the fifth mast of a six-masted barquentine or gaff schooner. It is preceded by the jigger mast and followed by the spanker mast. The sixth mast of the only seven-masted vessel, the gaff schooner ...