heave down

heave down

To careen a vessel by putting tackles on her mastheads from a hulk or wharf, and heeling her so as to get at her aide which was under water for repairs. A vessel is said to be hove down by a squall when she does not right immediately.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: verb
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Sailing
Category: General sailing
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

heave

Oil & gas; Drilling

The up-and-down movement of a semisubmersible drilling platform or drill ship.

heave

Boat; General boating

A vessel's transient, vertical, up-and-down motion.

heave

Weather; Meteorology

1. The motion imparted to a floating body by wave action. It includes both the vertical rise and fall, and the horizontal transport. 2. The up-and-down motion of the center of ...

heave

Language; Slang

Term for throwing up your food, also known as vomiting.

bar harbour

Sailing; General sailing

A harbour that has a bank or bar of sand or gravel at its month, so that it can only be entered at certain hours of the tide.

jolly boat

Sailing; General sailing

A yacht's boat larger than a dinghy, and not so large as a cutter. Used by a merchant ship much the same as a dinghy by a yacht.

areas of circles

Sailing; General sailing

The area of a circle is found by multiplying the square of the diameter by the fraction 0.7854.

gualia

Sailing; General sailing

From today's featured article Ian Craig (1935–2014) was r 5641 ¿ ♦ a cricketer who r→epresented Australia in 11 Tests between 1953 and 1958. A teenage prodigy, he made his ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: Trade show Category: Virtual conferences

Virtual booth

A virtual booth is an exhibitor booth in a virtual conference taking place online. Like its counterpart in the real world, a virtual booth can have a ...