Speed of 1 nautical mile per hour (1.7 land miles per hour). … [Read more...]

To stop, especially to stop work. … [Read more...]

The upper spoke of a steering wheel when the rudder is amidships, usually marked in some fashion (top spoke of neutral steering wheel). … [Read more...]

A look-out is stationed in a position to watch for danger ahead. To be on guard against sudden opposition or danger. … [Read more...]

To tie a rope about a man and, after passing the rope under the ship and bringing it up on deck on the opposite side, haul away, dragging the man down and around the keel of the vessel. As the bottom of the ship was always covered with sharp barnacles, this was a severe punishment used aboard sailing ships long ago. Today, a reprimand. … [Read more...]

The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at the bottom of the ship. The backbone of the ship. It is a longitudinal beam or plate in the extreme bottom of a ship from which the ribs or floors start. The main and lowest timber of a ship, extending longitudinally from the stem to the stern-post. It is formed of several pieces, which are scarphed together endways, and form the basis of the whole structure, of course it is usually the first thing laid down upon the blocks for the construction of the ship. … [Read more...]

a multi-strand rope having non-rotating properties and is a type employed for crane wires. … [Read more...]