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Captain's daughter
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The cat o' nine tails, which in principle is only used on board on the captain's (or a court martial's) personal orders.
No room to swing a cat
Boat; General boating
The entire ship's company was expected to witness floggings, assembled on deck. If it was very crowded, the bosun might not have room to swing the 'cat o' nine tails' (the whip).
Devil seam
Boat; General boating
The devil was possibly a slang term for the garboard seam, hence "between the devil and the deep blue sea" being an allusion to keel hauling, but a more popular version seems to be the seam between ...
Freeboard
Boat; General boating
The height of a ship's hull (excluding superstructure) above the waterline. The vertical distance from the current waterline to the lowest point on the highest continuous watertight deck. This ...
Jigger-mast
Boat; General boating
The fourth mast, although ships with four or more masts were uncommon, or the aft most mast where it is smallest on vessels of less than four masts.
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