3 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
Hammock
Boat; General boating
Canvas sheets, slung from the deckhead in messdecks, in which seamen slept. "Lash up and stow" a piped command to tie up hammocks and stow them (typically) in racks inboard of the ship's side to ...
Kissing the gunner's daughter
Boat; General boating
Bend over the barrel of a gun for punitive beating with a cane or cat
Admiralty law
Boat; General boating
Body of law that deals with maritime cases. In the UK administered by the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice or supreme court.
Rubbing strake
Boat; General boating
An extra plank fitted to the outside of the hull, usually at deck level, to protect the topsides.
