A sail having battens that run the full horizontal length of the sail.

Lying nearly head to wind and stopped, and maintaining this position by trimming sail or working engines.

A very high wind. Also called "Snotter"

To stow or secure in a safe place. A top-mast is housed by lowering it and securing it to a lowermast.

Old term for the boat used by the captain to go ashore.

An enemy vessel captured at sea by a privateer or a ship of war. The term is also applied to contraband cargo taken from a merchant ship.

The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

This type of insurance offers the shipper the broadest coverage available, covering against all losses that may occur in transit.

An untidy loose end of a rope (or rags).

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Shippers load and count. All three clauses are used as needed on the bill of lading to exclude the carrier from liability when the cargo is loaded by the shipper.

To take down a sail quickly; the entire action of getting a sail out of the wind and furling it.

The slight deflection of very small particles in a gas stream that occurs when rapidly moving gas molecules strike them.

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..

Said of a vessel that is firm, strong, and unlikely to develop leaks.

A shipment loaded into a container at the pier or terminal, thence to the consignee's facility.

Windward side of a vessel.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

The forward part of the bow which overhangs the keel.