To place pieces of dunnage in between pieces of cargo in order to prevent shifting of the cargo.

Bread that was supplied to ships before bakeries were introduced on board.

A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged. Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates.

CFM. An airflow measurement of volume.

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

Steps in the compression of a gas, In reciprocating compressors, each stage usually requires a separate cylinder, in dynamic compressors, each requires a separate rotor disc.

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.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount.

Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

A small naval sword worn by midshipmen or their equivalents when in full dress uniform.

A certified document showing the origin of goods; used in international commerce.

Customer designated as party paying for services.

A short length of chain, usually 15 fathoms (90 feet). (Method of measuring chain.)

The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0

A very high wind. Also called "Snotter"

The aft edge of a sail, more commonly called the leech.

A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy.

Circular metallic elements that ride in the grooves of a piston and provide compression sealing during combustion. Also used to spread oil for lubrication.

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

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.