Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

Industry: Transportation

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Nautical

swinging the lead

Transportation; Nautical

measuring the depth of water beneath a ship

tabernacle

Transportation; Nautical

a large bracket attached firmly to the deck, to which the foot of the mast is fixed. It has two sides or cheeks and a bolt forming the pivot around which the mast is raised and lowered.

tack

Transportation; Nautical

a leg of the route of a sailing vessel

tacking

Transportation; Nautical

zig-zagging so as to sail directly toward the wind

taffrail

Transportation; Nautical

a rail at the stern of the boat that covers the head of the counter timbers.

tailshaft

Transportation; Nautical

a kind of metallic shafting (a rod of metal) to hold the propeller and connected to the power engine. When the tailshaft is moved, the propeller may also be moved for propulsion.

taken aback

Transportation; Nautical

an inattentive helmsmen might allow the dangerous situation to arise where the wind is blowing into the sails 'backwards', causing a sudden (and possibly dangerous) shift in the position of the ...