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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
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earrings
Transportation; Nautical
small lines, by which the uppermost corners of the largest sails are secured to the yardarms.
echo sounding
Transportation; Nautical
measuring the depth of the water using a sonar device. Also see sounding and swinging the lead.
embayed
Transportation; Nautical
the condition where a sailing vessel (especially one which sails poorly to windward) is confined between two capes or headlands by a wind blowing directly onshore.
engine order telegraph
Transportation; Nautical
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.
extremis
Transportation; Nautical
also known as “in extremis”, the point under International Rules of the Road (Navigation Rules) at which the privileged (or stand-on) vessel on collision course with a burdened (or give-way) vessel ...
fair
Transportation; Nautical
1) a smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull with no deviations 2) making something flush
fairlead
Transportation; Nautical
a ring, hook or other device used to keep a line or chain running in the correct direction or to prevent it rubbing or fouling.
