Wood boards used to cover the ribs, frames, deck or hull of a wooden vessel.

In spray painting, the process of applying the final coat of paint at a lower air pressure. Used to uniform a finish or blending.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

Procedure where carrier tests the temperature of the internal flesh of refrigerated commodities to assure that the temperature at time of shipment conforms to prescribed temperature ranges.

Passing another vessel.

The headings of a sailboat in relation to the wind, i.e., upwind, close reach, reach, broad reach, downwind.

The officer in charge of the watch.

Also known as PM, maintenance performed according to a fixed schedule involving the routine repair and replacement of machine parts and components.

The operation of tarring and blacking the rigging or hull to act as a preservative against the action of salt water. the best mixture was said to be coal tar, vegetable tar, and salt water boiled together and laid on hot.

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.

Small, cake-shaped pieces of ice floating down rivers.

A contract term meaning both parties agree to provide something for the other.

Place where loose or other non-containerized cargo is ungrouped for delivery.

A time or a date draft that has been accepted by the buyer (the drawee) for payment at maturity.

Machine which receives dry bulk cargo. It is used for stowing sugar,ores and minerals in the holds.

A system of rivers and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States allowing boats to travel along them without having to go offshore.

A container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. Used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

At or in the direction of the bow. Also the fore part of the ship.