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Up-and-down
Boat; General boating
A description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means that the anchor chain is slack and hangs vertically down from the hawse pipe.
Long stay
Boat; General boating
A description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means taught and extended.
Turtleback deck
Boat; General boating
A deck that is not flat, but curved. The purpose is usually to shed water, but, in warships, it may be to make the deck more resistant to shells.
Tabernacle
Boat; General boating
A large bracket attached firmly to the deck, to which the foot of the mast is fixed. It has two sides or cheeks and a bolt forming the pivot around which the mast is raised and lowered.
Tailshaft
Boat; General boating
A kind of metallic shafting (a rod of metal) to hold the propeller and connected to the power engine. When the tailshaft is moved, the propeller may also be moved for propulsion.
Stopper knot
Boat; General boating
A knot tied in the end of a rope, usually to stop it passing through a hole; most commonly a figure-eight knot.
Man overboard!
Boat; General boating
A cry let out when a seaman has gone 'overboard' (fallen from the ship into the water).
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