Glossary

  1. Advice boat

  2. Almiranta

  3. Anchor

  4. Anchor ring

  5. Anchor (to)

  6. Arm

  7. Arroba

  8. Astrolabe

  9. Axe

  10. Bail (to)

  11. Bay

  12. Berth

  13. Bilge (1)

  14. Bilge (2)

  15. Bilge pump

  16. Bill

  17. Binnacle

  18. Board (to)

  19. Boat (1)

  20. Boat (2)

  21. Bolt

  22. Bottom

  23. Bow

  24. Bow (lateral)

  25. Bowsprit

  26. Brace

  27. Breadth

  28. Breeching

  29. Bridge

  30. Brig

  31. Broadside

  32. Bulkhead

  33. Buoy

  34. Buoyancy

  35. Cabin

  36. Cabotage

  37. Canoe

  38. Capitana

  39. Capstan

  40. Caulk

  41. Caulking iron

  42. Centerline

  43. Clear for action

  44. Clear (to)

  45. Clearing up

  46. Clinker-built

  47. Cordage

  48. Cutwater

  49. Dead work

  50. Deck

  51. Deck beam

  52. Displacement

  53. Diver

  54. Dowel

  55. Draft

  56. End of the keel

  57. Fender

  58. Figurehead

  59. Floor timber

  60. Forecastle

  61. Forecastle deck

  62. Foremast

  63. Frame

  64. Frame spacing

  65. Gaff topsail

  66. Gangway port

  67. Grapnel

  68. Grappling hook

  69. Gun deck

  70. Gunwale

  71. Hatchway

  72. Haul the wind

  73. Heel

  74. Heel (to)

  75. Helm port

  76. Hold

  77. Hove-out

  78. Hull

  79. Jacob's staff

  80. Kedge anchor

  81. Keel

  82. Lead and line

  83. Lead plummet

  84. Length

  85. Length overall

  86. Lighter

  87. Line

  88. Log raft

  89. Main top sail

  90. Mainmast

  91. Mainsail

  92. Maneuverability

  93. Manning

  94. Mast

  95. Mast and yards

  96. Mast step

  97. Mess

  98. Midship frame

  99. Mizzen mast

  100. Mooring rope

  101. Navigability

  102. Oar

  103. Periagua

  104. Pillar

  105. Pitch (1)

  106. Pitch (2)

  107. Planking

  108. Poop deck

  109. Port

  110. Quarter gallery

  111. Quarterdeck

  112. Quicksilver

  113. Quintal

  114. Raft

  115. Rigging

  116. Right (to)

  117. Rocks

  118. Rolling motion

  119. Room

  120. Rowing

  121. Rudder

  122. Running rigging

  123. Sail

  124. Sandglass

  125. Sheave

  126. Sheer

  127. Sheer strake

  128. Ship

  129. Ship's carpenter

  130. Shipyard

  131. Shoal

  132. Shot-locker or pump well

  133. Shrouds

  134. Side

  135. Single block

  136. Spanish cutter

  137. Spanish inch

  138. Spencer

  139. Spritsail yard

  140. Stability

  141. Standing rigging

  142. Steerage

  143. Stem

  144. Stern

  145. Sternpost

  146. Stock

  147. Stowage

  148. Strake

  149. Streak

  150. Strike

  151. Suit of sails

  152. Superstructure

  153. Tackle

  154. Teredo

  155. Tonnage (1)

  156. Tonnage (2)

  157. Top

  158. Top masts

  159. Transom

  160. Vessel

  161. Wale

  162. Wardroom

  163. Water tightness

  164. Watering place

  165. Waterline beam

  166. Windward

  167. Yard