THE MEANINGS OF NAUTICAL TERMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 208, 2 September 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE MEANINGS OF NAUTICAL TERMS.

The following meanings of nautical term, are given in the July part of "Work":— "Coamings is the raised woodwork round the hatches to prevent the admission of water; hatches are openings in the deck, the coverings of which are also called hatches; the stem is the timber scarfed to the fore-end of the keel to which the boat's sides are united; moulds are temporary patterns upon which the boat's frame is Wtfilt; the mast steps consist of a block of wood secured to the keel to receive the heel of the mast; the bulkhead is any partition between the decks of a vessel; the knees are ; pieces of elm having two arms for uniting | beams and timbers; the deck beams may be called the joist which supports the deck: the breast-hook is the V-shaped piece of wood which unites the bows at the stein:the trunk is a watertight casting for some movable part, as a rudder trunk or centreboard trunk; the bolt rope is the rope sewc to the edge of a sail; breakers are small flat casks containing water for ballast or drinking; the cumber is higher amidships than at the stem and stern; the rocker is lower amidships than at the stem and stern; cleats are pieces of wood to which ropes are fastened; fenders are pieces of rope, wood, or stuffed pads put over a boat's sides to prevent damage by chafing; the fore-foot is the fore-end of the keej. upon which the stem rests; the fox consists of rope yarns twisted together; garboards are the planks next the keel; the jigger is a small tackle; the loom is that part of an oar inside the rowlocks; the painter is the rope fastened to a boat's bows for the purpose of temporarily attaching her to a ship or the shore; parcelling is a canvas wrapping round a rope to prevent chafing; the pintle is the bolt on which hangs the rudder; the quarter-deck is the deck abaft the mainmast; ratlines are lines secured to the shrouds to form steps for going aloft; ribbands are strips of wood fore and aft nailed to the ribs; the sprit is a light gatt spreading the sail called after It, spritsail; the snotter is the rope gi-ommet ou the mast in which tho sprit rests its foot; the

stern post is the aftermost timber reaching from keel to deck; streaks are the range of planks on a boat's side; the tabling is a broad hem at the edge of sails and other canvas; the taffrail is the rail round the ship's stern: thwarts are the seats in a boat; the throat is the inner end of :i gaff; and tbe waist is the deck between the quarter-deck and the forecastle."

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