Nautical dictionary

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	A bend				A knot by which one rope is made fast to another
	A fore-and				Aft schooner has only fore-and-aft sails, a topsail schooner carries a square fore topsail, and frequently, also, topgallant sail and royal, there are some schooners with three masts, they also have no tops, a main-topsail schooner is one that
	A temporary sail				Set at the fore-mast of a schooner or sloop when going before the wind, see Sail
	A weatherly ship				is one that works well to windward, making but little leeway
	A-cock-bill				The situation of the yards when they are topped up at an angle with the deck, the situation of an anchor when it hangs to the cathead by the ring only
	A-hull				The situation of a vessel when she lies with all her sails furled and her helm lashed a-lee
	A-lee				The situation of the helm when it is put in the opposite direction from that in, which the wind blows
	A-peek				When the cable is hove taut so as to bring the vessel nearly over her anchor, the yards are a-peek when they are topped up by contrary lifts
	A-stern				In the direction of the stern, the opposite of ahead
	A-taunt				See Taunt
	A-trip				The situation of the anchor when it is raised clear of the ground, the same as a-weigh
	A-weather				The situation of the helm when it is put in the direction from which the wind blows
	A-weigh				The same as A-trip
	Ab				Ableseaman rating a man able to hand, reef and steer
	Aback-(backwinded)				The sail filling on wrong side in the casee of square rigged ship may cause the ship to go astern, see All-Aback
	Abaft				Toward the rear (stern) of the boat
	Abaft				Towards the stern of a vessel
	Abaft the beam				Aft a line which extends out from amidships
	Abandon ship	Abandonar			An order given to leave a ship when it is in danger
	Abandonment				A marine insurance term indicating that the cost of repairs to a vessel is more than the cost of the vessel and cargo
	Abeam				At right angle or off to the side of the keel of the boat at right angle to the middle of the ship
	Abeam				At right angle to the middle of the ships side
	Aboard	A bordo	Aan boord		On or within the boat
	About				On the other tack, to pass through the eye of the wind
	Above board				Above the deck
	Above Deck				On the deck, not over it see Aloft
	Abreast				Along side or at right to
	Accommodation				See Ladder
	Adrift	A la deriva	Op dreef		Broken from moorings or fasts, without Fasts
	Afloat				Resting on the surface of the water
	Afore				Forward, the opposite of abaft
	Aft				Toward the stern of the boat
	Aft				Toward the rear, or transom, of a ship
	Aft/after				At, near or towards the stern, to move aft is to move to the back of the boat
	After leading				A line that lead from its point of attachment toward the stern
	Aground				Touching or fast to the bottom of any body of water on or onto the shore
	Aground				Touching the bottom
	Ahead				In a forward direction
	Ahead				In the direction of the vessel`s head, wind ahead is from the direction toward which the vessel`s head points (opposite to A-stern)
	Ahoy				seaman`s call to attract attention
	Aids to navigation (aton)				Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks to indicate safe and unsafe waters
	All hands				The whole crew
	All in the wind				When all the sails are shaking
	All-aback				When all the sails are aback
	Aloft				Above or on top of the deck of the boat
	Aloft				Up above, up the mast or in the rigging
	Aloof				At a distance
	Amain				Suddenly, at once
	Amidship(s)				In or toward the part of a boat or ship midway between the bow and the stern toward the middle of the ship or boat
	Amidships				In the middle of the ship, either to the length or breadth
	An eye-splice				A certain kind of splice made with the end of a rope into a loop
	An-end				When a mast is perpendicular to the deck
	Anchor	Ancla	Anker	Anker	A heavy metal device, fastened to a chain or line, to hold a vessel in position, partly because of its weight, but mainly because the designed shape digs into the bottom
	Anchor ball				A black ball visible in all direction display in the forward part of a vessel at anchor
	Anchor light				A white light visible in all direction display in the forward part of a vessel at anchor
	Anchor watch				See Watch, A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check the drift of ship
	Anchor watch				A small watch of one or two men, kept while in port
	Anchorage				A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom
	Anchorage				A sheltered place or area where a boat can anchor
	Anemometer	Anemometro	Anemometer	Anemometer	Instrument to mesure the wind speed
	Apparent wind				Wind felt on a vessel underway
	Apron				A piece of timber fixed behind the lower part of the stern, just above the fore end of the keel, a covering to the vent or lock of a cannon
	Arm				Yard-Arm, the extremity of a yard, also the lower part of an anchor, crossing the shank and terminating in the flukes
	Arming				A piece of tallow put in the cavity and over the bottom of a lead-line
	Astern				In back of the boat, opposite of ahead
	Athwart				Across
	Athwart-hawse				Across the direction of a vessel`s head, across her cable
	Athwart-ships				Across the line of the vessel`s keel
	Athwartships				At right angles to the centerline of the boat across the ship or boatfrom side to side - Rowboat seats are generally athwartships
	Avast! Or `vast				The command to stop, or cease, in any operation
	Awning				A covering of canvass over a vessel`s deck, or over a boat, to keep off sun or rain
	Back				To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain
	Backstaff information				The ship`s distance from that landmark can be calculated, a navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse
	Backstay	Baquestay	Achterstag		Mast support running to aft deck or another mast, stays
	Backwinded				when the wind hits the leeward side of the sails
	Baggywrinkle				Chafing gear made from old ropes
	Bagpipe				To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging
	Bail				Ironrod partially circling the boom to which sheet block is attached, see Bale, to remove water from the boat
	Bailers				Openings in the bottom or transom to drain water when sailing, see Self Bailers
	Balance-reef				A reef in a spanker or fore-and-aft mainsail, which runs from the outer head-earing, diagonally, to the tack, it is the closest reef, and makes the sail triangular, or nearly so
	Bale				To bale a boat, is to throw water out of her, A fitting on the end of a spar, to which a line may be led
	Ballast				Is either pigs of iron, stones, or gravel, which last is called single ballast and their use is to bring the ship down to her bearings in the water which her provisions and stores will not do, trim the ballast that is spread it about, and lay it e
	Bank				A boat is double banked, when men seated on the same thwart pull two oars, one opposite the other
	Bank				Underwater plateau that rises up from the ocean floor, creating shallow water where fish feed
	Bar				A bank or shoal at the entrance of a harbor
	Barber hauler				A line attached to the jib or jib sheet, used to adjust the angle of sheeting by pulling the sheet towards the centre line of the boat
	Bare-poles				The condition of a ship when she has no sail set
	Barge				A large double-banked boat used by the commander of a vessel, in the navy
	Bark				3 Masted with Square rigged on fore and main mast
	Barkentine				3 Masted with Square rigged on fore mast only
	Barnacle				A shellfish often found on a vessel`s bottom
	Barratry				An unlawful or fraudulent act, or very gross and culpable negligence, by the master or mariners of a vessel in violation of their duty as such, directly prejudicial to the owner or cargo, and without his consent, Smuggling, trading with an enemy,
	Batten down				Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck
	Battens				Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down, also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing, a large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a Scotchman
	Bay	Bahía	Baai		Spacious opening in the sea coast, small draft and very open. Suitable as a shelter for boats
	Beacon	Baliza			A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earths surface Lights and daybeacons, both constitute beacons
	Beacon				A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels off, also as a signal-mark on land
	Beam				The greatest width of the boat
	Beam				The widest part of the boat
	Beam				a boat`s widest point, usually near the middle of the boat
	Beam reach				A point of sail where the boat is sailing at a right angle to the apparent wind
	Beam trawling				Method of fishing which uses a beam to hold open a net at its mouth
	Beams				Strong pieces of timber stretching across the vessel, to support the decks
	Bear				An object bears so and so, when it is in such a direction from the person looking
	Bear-a-hand				Make haste
	Bearing				The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on thechart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat
	Bearing				The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on the chart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat
	Beating				Going toward the direction of the wind, by alternate tacks
	Beaufort scale				A system for estimating wind strengths
	Becalm				To intercept the wind, a vessel or highland to windward is said to becalm another, so one sail becalms another
	Becket				A piece of rope placed so as to confines a spar or another rope, a handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest) Is called a becket
	Bees				Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through
	Belay				Change order, to make a line secure to a pin, cleat or bitt
	Belay pin				Iron or wood pin fitted into railing to secure lines to
	Below				Beneath the deck
	Below				Beneath or under the deck
	Bend				To make fast
	Bends				The strongest part of a vessel`s side, to which the beams, knees, and foot-hooks are bolted, the part between the water`s edge and the bulwarks
	Beneaped				See Neaped
	Bentick shrouds				Formerly used, and extending from the futtock-staves to the opposite channels
	Berth				The place where a vessel lies, the place in which a man sleeps
	Best bower				The larger of the two bowers
	Between-decks				The space between any two decks of a ship
	Bibbs				Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees
	Bight				The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is ormed a slack part or loop in a rope shallow bay or bend in a coast forming an open bay
	Bight				The double part of a rope when it is folded, in contradistinction from the ends, any part of a rope may be called the bight, except the ends, also, a bend in the shore, making a small bay or inlet
	Bilge				The interior of the hull below the floorboards
	Bilge				The lowest part of the interior hull below the waterline
	Bilge				The largest circumference of a cask
	Bilge pump				A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge
	Bilge water				Water which settles in the bilge
	Bilge-ways				Pieces of timber bolted together and placed under the bilge, in launching
	Bilged				When the bilge is broken in
	Bill				The point at the extremity of the fluke of an anchor
	Billet-head				See Head
	Binnacle				A box near the helm, containing the compass
	Biscuit				Bread intended for naval or military expeditions is now simply flour well kneaded, with the least possible quantity of water, into flat cakes and slowly baked
	Bitt				A vertically posted above deck used to secure line, the cables are fastened to them, if there is no windlass, there are also bitts to secure the windlass, and on each side of the heel of the bowsprit
	Bitter end				The last part of a rope or chain the inboard end of the anchor rope
	Bitter, or bitter-end				That part of the cable, which is abaft the bitts
	Blade				The flat part of an oar, which goes into the water
	Blanketing				A tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to cover another competitor`s wind so causing him to slow down
	Block		Blok		A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached
	Block				A pulley used to gain mechanical advantage
	Block and tackle				Arrangement of pulleys and line which increases hoisting power for heavy work, such as pulling in the sail in a strong breeze
	Bluewater sailing				Open ocean sailing, as opposed to sailing in protected waters like lakes, bays
	Bluff				A bluff-bowed or bluff-headed vessel is one, which is full and square forward
	Board				The stretch a vessel makes upon one tack, when she is beating
	Boat				A fairly indefinite term - A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship, a small craft carried aboard a ship
	Boat hook				A short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off
	Boat-hook				An iron hook with a long staff, held in the hand, by which a boat is kept fast to a wharf, or vessel
	Boatswain				(Pronounced bo-s`n), A warrant officer in the navy, who has charge of the rigging, and calls the crew to duty
	Boatswain`s locker				Where tools and small stuff for working upon rigging are kept,Log A line with a piece of board, called the log-chip, attached to it, wound upon a reel, and used for ascertaining the ship`s rate of sailing
	Bobstays				Used to confine the bowsprit down to the stem or cutwater
	Bolsters				Pieces of soft wood, covered with canvass, placed on the trestle-trees, for the eyes of the rigging to rest upon
	Bolt-rope				The rope which goes round a sail, and to which the canvass is sewed
	Bolts				Long cylindrical bars of iron or copper, used to secure or unite the different parts of a vessel
	Bonnet				An additional piece of canvass attached to the foot of a jib, or a schooner`s foresail, by lacing, taken off in bad weather
	Boom				Poles used to support the sails
	Boom				A spar used to extend the foot of a fore-and-aft sail or studding-sail
	Boom				Long piece of wood which runs perpendicular to the mast, to which the foot (bottom edge) of the sail is attatched
	Boom crutch				Support for the boom, holding it up out of the way when the boat is at anchor or moored, unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when sailing
	Boom vang				A system used to hold the boom down when sailing downwind
	Boom-irons				Iron rings on the yards, through which the studding-sail booms traverse
	Boot stripe				A different color strip of paint at the waterline
	Boot top				A stripe near the waterline
	Boot-topping				Scraping off the grass, or other matter, this may be on a vessel`s bottom, and daubing it over with tallow, or some mixture
	Bound - wind-bound				When a vessel is kept in port by a head wind
	Bow				The forward part of a boat
	Bow				The forward part of the vessel
	Bow				The front section of a boat
	Bow line				A docking line leading from the bow
	Bow spring line				A bow pivot line used in docking (and undocking), or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a pier
	Bow-grace				A frame of old ropes or junk placed round the bows and sides of a vessel, to prevent the ice from injuring her
	Bower				A working anchor, the cable of which is bent and reeved through the hawse-hole
	Bowline				A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope
	Bowline				(Pronounced bo-lin), A rope leading forward from the leech of a square sail, to keep the leech well out when sailing close-hauled, A vessel is said to be on a bowline, or on a taut bowline, when she is close-hauled
	Bowline knot				A knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line
	Bowline-bridle				The span on the leech of the sail to which the bowline is toggled
	Bowse				To pull upon a tackle
	Bowsies				Are essentially long thin deadeyes used to tension the rig
	Bowsprit				A spar extending forward from the bow
	Bowsprit				A long spar attached to the Jibboom in the bow, used to secure headsails
	Box				To box the compass, is to repeat the thirty-two points of the compass in order
	Box-hauling				Wearing a vessel by backing the head sails
	Brace				A rope by which a yard is turned about
	Brails				Ropes by which the foot or lower corners of fore-and-aft sails are hauled up
	Brake				The handle of a ship`s pump
	Break				The sudden rise or fall of the deck when not flush
	Break of the poop				Forward end of the poop deck
	Breaker				A small cask containing water
	Breaming				Cleaning a ship`s bottom by burning
	Breast line				A docking line going at a right angle from the boat to the dock
	Breast-fast				A rope used to confine a vessel sideways to a wharf, or to some other vessel
	Breast-hooks				Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side
	Breast-rope				A rope passed round a man in the chains, while sounding
	Breech				The outside angle of a knee-timber, the after end of a gun
	Breeching				A strong rope used to secure the breech of a gun to the ship`s side
	Bridge deck				A partition between the cockpit and the cabin
	Bridge				The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled
	Bridle				Spans of rope attached to the leeches of square sails, to which the bowlines are made fast
	Bridle-port				The foremost port used for stowing the anchors
	Brig				A two-Masted vessel with both masts square rigged, on the sternmost mast, the main mast, there is also a gaff sail, an hermaphrodite brig has a brig`s foremast and a schooner`s mainmast
	Brigantine				A two-Masted vessel fore mast being square rigged
	Bright work				Varnished woodwork
	Broach				Sudden, unplanned, and uncontrolled turning of a vessel so that the hull is broadside to the seas or to the wind
	Broach				The boat swings and puts the beam against the waves
	Broach-to				To fall off so much, when going free, as to bring the wind round on the other quarter and take the sails aback
	Broad reach				A point of sailing where the boat is moving away from the wind, but not directly downwind
	Broadside				The whole side of a vessel
	Broken-backed				The state of a vessel when she is so loosened as to droop at each end
	Bucklers				Blocks of wood made to fit in the hawse-holes, or holes in the half-ports, when at sea, those in the hawse-holes are sometimes called hawse-blocks
	Bulge				See Bilge
	Bulk				The whole cargo when stowed
	Bulkhead				A vertical partition separating compartments
	Bulkhead				The vertical partitions that divide the hull into separate compartments are called bulkheads, some are watertight, these watertight bulkheads are so arranged that in case of accident at sea, water would be confined to one compartment only, the
	Bulkward - bulwark				Solid rail along ship side above deck to prevent men and gear from going overboard
	Bull				A sailor`s term for a small keg, holding a gallon or two
	Bull`s eye				A small piece of stout wood with a hole in the centre for a stay or rope to reeve through, without any sheave, and with a groove round it for the strap, which is usually of iron, in addition, a piece of thick glass inserted in the deck to let ligh
	Bulwarks				The wood work round a vessel, above her deck, consisting of boards fastened to stanchions and timber-heads
	Bum-boats				Boats which lie alongside a vessel in port with provisions and fruit to sell
	Bumpkin				Pieces of timber projecting from the vessel, to board the fore tack to and from each quarter, for the main brace-blocks
	Bung				A round wood plug inserted in hole to cover a nail screw or bolt
	Bunk				A sleeping berth
	Bunt				The middle of a sail
	Buntine				(Pronounced buntin) Thin woolen stuff of which a ship`s colors are made
	Buntlines				Ropes used for hauling up the body of a sail
	Buoy				An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazardor a shoal and for mooring
	Buoy				A floating navigation aid, a floating cask, or piece of wood, attached by a rope to an anchor, to show its position, also floated over a shoal, or other dangerous place as a beacon, to stream a buoy, is to drop it into the water before letting go
	Buoy				A distinctively marked object that floats in the water as a navigational marker
	Buoyancy				Ability to float or rise in a fluid
	Burdened vessel				That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel
	Burton				A single Spanish burton has three single blocks, or two single blocks and a hook in the bight of one of the running parts, a double Spanish burton has three double blocks
	Butt				The end of a plank where it unites with the end of another
	Buttock				That part of the convexity of a vessel abaft, under the stern, contained between the counter above and the after part of the bilge below, and between the quarter on the side and the stern-post
	By the lee				See Lee, see Run
	By the board				Said of masts, when they fall over the side
	By the head				Said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water than her stern, if her stern is lower, she is by the stern
	By the run				To let go by the run, is to let go altogether, instead of slacking off
	Cabin				A compartment for passengers or crew
	Cabin				The after part of a vessel, in which the officers live
	Cabin sole				The bottom space of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat
	Cable				The rope or chain made fast to the anchor, it is usually 120 fathoms in length
	Cable-tier				See Tier
	Caboose				A house on deck, where the cooking is done, Commonly called the Galley
	Calk				See Caulk
	Cambered				When the floor of a vessel is higher at the middle than towards the stem and stern
	Camel				A machine used for lifting vessels over a shoal or bar
	Camfering				Taking off an angle or edge of a timber
	Can-hooks				Slings with flat hooks at each end, used for hoisting barrels or light casks, the hooks being placed round the chimes, and the purchase hooked to the centre of the slings, Small ones are usually wholly of iron
	Canister				Musket balls, put into thin tin or wooden containers designed to break apart on firing, and langrage as old chain links, scrap metal, horseshoe nails, stones, pottery pieces, etc put into similar containers designed to break apart on firing
	Cant-pieces				Pieces of timber fastened to the angles of fishes and side-trees to supply any part that may prove rotten
	Cant-timbers				Timbers at the two ends of a vessel, raised obliquely from the keel, lower Half cants (reads cints) Those parts of frames situated forward and abaft the square frames, or the floor timbers which cross the keel
	Canvass				The cloth of which sails are made, No 1 is the coarsest and strongest
	Cap				A thick, strong block of wood with two holes through it, one square and the other round, used to confine together the head of one mast and the lower art of the mast next above it
	Capsize				To turn over
	Capsize				To overturn
	Capstan				The drum-like part of the windlass, which is a machine used for winding in rope, cables or chain connected to an anchor cargo
	Capstan-bars				Heavy pieces of wood by which the capstan is hove round
	Careen				To heave a vessel down upon her side by purchases upon the masts, to lie over, when sailing on the wind
	Cargo				From captured ship
	Carline wood				Stringer support for hatches and cabins
	Carlings				Short and small pieces of timber running between the beams
	Carrick-bend				A kind of knot
	Carrick-bitts				The windless bitts
	Carry-away				To break a spar or part a rope
	Cascabel				The other term for the knob on a cannon, and comes from Spanish, Catalan, etc Cascabellus = Little bell
	Cast				To pay a vessel`s head off, in getting under way, on the tack she is to sail upon
	Cast off				To let go
	Cat				The tackle used to hoist the anchor up to the cat-head
	Cat`s-paw				A kind of hitch made in a rope, a light current of air seen on the surface of the water during a calm
	Cat-block				The block of this tackle
	Cat-harpin				An iron leg used to confine the upper part of the rigging to the mast
	Cat-head				Large timbers projecting from the vessel`s side, to which the anchor is raised and secured
	Catamaran				A twin hulled boat, with hulls side by-side
	Caulk				To fill wooden vessel seams with oakum and cotton using caulking irons and hammer
	Cavil				See Kevel
	Ceiling				The inside planking of a vessel
	Chafe				To rub the surface of a rope or spar
	Chafing gear				Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface
	Chafing-gear				The stuff put upon the rigging and spars to prevent their chafing
	Chain boat				A boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc
	Chain bolt				The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel`s side
	Chain shot				Two cannon balls connected together with either chaian or an iron bar, was used to destroy the rigging other other ships, Chain shot was first used in the 30 Years War, it was introduced by Gustavus Adolfus to be shot at a low, flat trajectory for
	Chain-locker				Where the chain cable are kept
	Chain-plates				Plates of iron bolted to the side of a ship, to which the chains and dead-eyes of the lower rigging are connected, also used to support the standing rigging
	Chains				Strong links or plates of iron, the lower ends of which are bolted through the ship`s side to the timbers, their upper ends are secured to the bottom of the dead-eyes in the channels, in addition, used familiarly for the Channels, which see, t
	Channel				1:That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable, It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers 2:The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, through which
	Channels				Broad pieces of plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, used for spreading the lower rigging, see Chains
	Chanty				Shanties are the work songs that were used on the square-rigged ships of the Age of Sail, their rhythms coordinated the efforts of many sailors hauling on lines
	Chapelling				Wearing a ship round, when taken aback, without bracing the head yards
	Charley noble				Galley stovepipe
	Chart				A map for use by navigators
	Chart				A map of part of the sea, showing currents, depths, islands, coasts, etc
	Check				A term sometime used for slacking off a little on a brace, and then belaying it
	Cheeks				The projections on each side of a mast, upon which the trestle-trees rest, the sides of the shell of a block
	Cheerly!				Quickly, with a will
	Chess-trees				Pieces of oak, fitted to the sides of a vessel, abaft the fore chains, with a sheave in them, to board the main tack to
	Chimes				The ends of the staves of a cask, where they come out beyond the head of the cask
	Chine				The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat
	Chinse				To thrust oakum into seams with a small iron
	Chips				Small pieces of timber offcuts left over from shipbuilding, traditionally available to shipwrights and carpenters was much abused during the 17th cenury when whole house and furniture were buit
	Chock				A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led, usually U-shaped to reduce chafe
	Clamps				Thick planks on the inside of vessels, to support the ends of beams, in addition, crooked plates of iron fore-locked upon the trunnions of cannon, any plate of iron made to turn, open, and shut to confine a spar or boom, as, a studdingsail boom, o
	Clasp-hook				See Clove-hook
	Cleat				A fitting, usually with two horn-shaped ends, to which lines are made fast, the classic cleat is almost anvil-shaped
	Cleat				A piece of wood with two horns used in different parts of a vessel to belay ropes to
	Clew				The lower corner of square sails, and the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail
	Clew-garnet				A rope that hauls up the clew of a foresail or mainsail in a square-rigged vessel
	Clewline				A rope that hauls up the clew of a square sail,the clew-garnet is the clewline of a course
	Clinch				A half-hitch stopped to its own part
	Close-hauled				Applied to a vessel, which is sailing with her yards braced up to get as much possible to windward, the same as on a taut bowline, full and by, on the wind
	Clove hitch				A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling
	Clove hitch				A knot, two half hitches around a spar, post or rope
	Clove-hook				An iron clasp, in two parts, moving upon the same pivot, and overlapping one another, used for bending chain sheets to the clews of sails
	Club-haul				To bring a vessel`s head round on the other tack, by letting go the lee anchor and cutting or slipping the cable
	Clubbing				Drifting down a current with an anchor out
	Coaking				Uniting pieces of spar by means of tabular projections, formed by cutting away the solid of one piece into a hollow, so as to make a projection in the other, in such a manner that they may correctly fit, the butts preventing the pieces from dr
	Coaks				Fitted into the beams and knees of vessels to prevent their drawing
	Coal tar				Tar made from bituminous coal
	Coamings				Raised work round the hatches, to prevent water going down into the hold
	Coat				Mast-Coat is a piece of canvass, tarred or painted, placed round a mast or bowsprit, where it enters the deck
	Cock-bill				To cock-bill a yard or anchor, see A-Cock-Bill