10 Terms
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General boating
Scuttlebutt
Boat; General boating
1. A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. By extension (in modern naval usage), a shipboard drinking fountain or water cooler. 2. Slang for gossip; origins of the ...
Brig
Boat; General boating
1. (historically) A vessel with two square-rigged masts. 2. (in the US) An interior area of the ship used to detain prisoners (possibily prisoners-of-war, in war-time) & stowaways, and to punish ...
Starboard
Boat; General boating
Towards the right-hand side of a vessel facing forward. Denoted with a green light at night. Derived from the old steering oar or steerboard which preceded the invention of the rudder.
Port
Boat; General boating
Towards the left-hand side of the ship facing forward (formerly Larboard). Denoted with a red light at night.
Careening
Boat; General boating
Tilting a ship on its side, usually when beached, to clean or repair the hull below the water line.
