Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

Industry: Transportation

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Nautical

mizzenmast (or mizzen)

Transportation; Nautical

the third mast, or mast aft of the mainmast, on a ship.

a ball woven out of line used to provide heft to heave the line to another location. The monkey fist and other heaving-line knots were sometimes weighted with lead (easily available in the form of ...

moor

Transportation; Nautical

to attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. Also, to a dock a ship.

mould

Transportation; Nautical

a template of the shape of the hull in transverse section. Several moulds are used to form a temporary framework around which a hull is built.

navigation rules

Transportation; Nautical

rules of the road that provide guidance on how to avoid collision and also used to assign blame when a collision does occur.

nipper

Transportation; Nautical

short rope used to bind a cable to the "messenger" (a moving line propelled by the capstan) so that the cable is dragged along too (used where the cable is too large to be wrapped round the capstan ...

no room to swing a cat

Transportation; Nautical

the entire ship's company was expected to witness floggings, assembled on deck. If it was very crowded, the bosun might not have room to swing the 'cat o' nine tails' (the whip).