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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
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Bulkhead
Transportation; Nautical
An upright wall within the hull of a ship. Particularly a watertight, load-bearing wall.
Knot
Transportation; Nautical
A unit of speed: 1 nautical mile (1.8520 km; 1.1508 mi) per hour. Originally speed was measured by paying out a line from the stern of a moving boat. The line had a knot every 47 feet 3 inches ...
Clew
Transportation; Nautical
The lower corners of square sails or the corner of a triangular sail at the end of the boom.
Stern
Transportation; Nautical
The rear part of a ship, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter to the taffrail.
