Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.

A wooden lattice-work covering a hatch or the bottom boards of a boat; similarly designed gratings of metal are frequently found on shipboard.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or a carrier of LPG.

The tallest mast; the forward mast of a yawl or ketch; the mast furthest aft on a schooner

A dining room on a ship.

The bow and forward part of the vessel above the waterline.

A term used to describe a chemical process in which heat is released. For example, combustion is an exothermic process because heat is released. A reaction or process that produces heat; a combustion reaction.

A certificate authenticated by a recognized port authority, certifying that a ship comes from a place where there is no contagious disease, and that none of her crew was infected with such a disease.

A squadron of small ships.

Development of the lugsail rig where the sail is cut with a very short luff and lon leech.

A piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope. A handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest.) is called a becket.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

A term used to cover all of the anchor gear.

The act of breaking out the flukes of an anchor if they are caught on some obstruction, preventing it from being normally weighed.

The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.

The direction of an object from the observer's position.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

The tall, narrow, waterproof box that houses a vessel's centerboard and allows it to be retracted into the ship's hull.

Container freight station or a designated area where empty containers can be picked up or dropped off.

Shipper's instructions to carrier for forwarding goods; usually the triplicate copy of the bill of lading.