General boating

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Overhead

Boat; General boating

The "ceiling," or, essentially, the bottom of the deck above you.

Cut of his jib

Boat; General boating

The "cut" of a sail refers to its shape. Since this would vary between ships, it could be used both to identify a familiar vessel at a distance, and to judge the possible sailing qualities of an ...

Figurehead

Boat; General boating

Symbolic image at the head of a traditional sailing ship or early steamer.

Wearing ship

Boat; General boating

Tacking away from the wind in a square-rigged vessel. See also Gybe.

Swinging the lamp

Boat; General boating

Telling sea stories. Referring to lamps slung from the deckhead which swing while at sea. Often used to indicate that the storey teller is exaggerating.

Strictly, a three-masted vessel square-rigged on all three masts, or on three masts of a vessel with more than three. Hence a ship-rigged barque would be a four master, square-rigged on fore, main ...