Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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know the ropes

Transportation; Nautical

a sailor who 'knows the ropes' is familiar with the miles of cordage and ropes involved in running a ship.

on board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. Believed to be from the ...

laker

Transportation; Nautical

Great Lakes slang for a vessel who spends all its time on the 5 Great Lakes.

land lubber

Transportation; Nautical

a person unfamiliar with being on the sea.

lanyard

Transportation; Nautical

a rope that ties something off.

larboard

Transportation; Nautical

obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. Replaced by port side or ...

lateral system

Transportation; Nautical

a system of aids to navigation in which characteristics of buoys and beacons indicate the sides of the channel or route relative to a conventional direction of buoyage (usually upstream).