On a square-rigged ship, the ropes which hang below a yard upon which the topmen stand while aloft furling or reefing a sail. They were supported by ropes from the yard known as "stirrups".

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

(1) The portion of an anchor that digs securely into the bottom, holding the boat in place. (2) The two triangular parts which make up a whale's tail.

A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.

Sailing too close to the wind

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

Air at a temperature of 68

The recognition of a person by his recognizable characteristics (originally, the shape of the nose)

Side stays from the masthead to the rail..

Anything that is straightforward and easy.

A large reinforced eye in the leech and clew of a sail that allows a line to fasten to it; e.g., the reef cringle and clew cringle.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached.

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

A wind coming from the southwest

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

An outrigger used to hold a block clear of a mast or of the ship's side.

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

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

The removal of heat from the air or gas between stages.