Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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Nautical

small balls of lead fired from a cannon, analogous to shotgun shot on a larger scale. Similar to canister shot but with larger individual shot. Used to injure personnel and damage rigging more than ...

grave

Transportation; Nautical

to clean a ship’s bottom.

grog

Transportation; Nautical

watered-down pusser's rum consisting of half a gill with equal part of water, issued to all seamen over twenty. (CPOs and POs were issued with neat rum) From the British Admiral Vernon who, in 1740, ...

groggy

Transportation; Nautical

drunk from having consumed a lot of grog.

grounding

Transportation; Nautical

when a ship (while afloat) touches the bed of the sea, or goes "aground"

gybe (or jibe)

Transportation; Nautical

to change from one tack to the other away from the wind, with the stern of the vessel turning through the wind. When ready to gybe the helmsman or skipper calls "Ready to gybe", the crew then each ...