The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

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

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".

Sailing too close to the wind

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

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.

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

Loaded containers moving within the railroad system that are not clearly identified on any internally generated reports.

Anything that is straightforward and easy.

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

Single tariff item, established to move multiple commodities needed for a specified project, usually construction.

Side stays from the masthead to the rail..

Air at a temperature of 68

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

A charge for delaying a steamer beyond a stipulated period.

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

A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib; the sail set from the foremast on a schooner; the lowest square sail on the foremast of Square Riggers.

Observing with the eye. Applied to a document, means examining and signing as evidence of satisfaction as to its authenticity.

A wind coming from the southwest

The mechanical power required to compress polytropically and to deliver, through the specified range of pressures, the gas delivered by the compressor.