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Crutches

Boat; General boating

Metal Y shaped pins to hold oars whilst rowing.

Pilot

Boat; General boating

Navigator. A specially knowledgeable person qualified to navigate a vessel through difficult waters, e.g. harbour pilot etc.

Obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. Replaced by port side or ...

Bottomry

Boat; General boating

Pledging a ship as security in a financial transaction.

Liner

Boat; General boating

Ship of the line: a major warship capable of taking its place in the main (battle) line of fighting ships. Hence modern term for prestigious passenger vessels: ocean liner.

King plank

Boat; General boating

The centerline plank of a laid deck. Its sides are often recessed, or nibbed, to take the ends of their parallel curved deck planks.

Crow's nest

Boat; General boating

Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly ...