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Boats & ships
Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.
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Sloop
Transportation; Boats & ships
A single-masted sailboat in which the mast is set forward of midships.
Rolled-edge skiff
Transportation; Boats & ships
A fishing boat designed to run in coastal waters constructed of a simple, one-piece fibreglass hull without a top deck and characterised by rounded top edges without true gunwales.
Through-hull
Transportation; Boats & ships
A fitting or object that goes all the way through a hull.
Fighting chair
Transportation; Boats & ships
A fix-mounted chair used to help land large gamefish on bluewater fishing boats equipped with a footrest, gimbal-mounted rod holder, safety harness and other fish-fighting gear.
Pilot house
Transportation; Boats & ships
The enclosed space on the navigating bridge from which a ship is controlled when under way.
Four-cycle engine
Transportation; Boats & ships
A gasoline- or diesel-powered internal combustion engine that takes four cycles or strokes of the piston to complete its power phase. Also called four-stroke engine.
Two-cycle engine
Transportation; Boats & ships
A gasoline- or diesel-powered internal combustion engine that takes two cycles or strokes of the piston to complete its power phase. Also called two-stroke engine.
