A single outlet or limited number of outlets in a building used to connect tools or equipment to the air system.

In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy.

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

C The international temperature scale where water freezes at 0 (degrees) and boils at 100 (degrees). Also known as the centigrade scale.

The difference in pressure between any two points of a system or component.

A wire or rope contrivance placed around cargo and used to load or discharge it to/from a vessel.

Center point of all underwater area of the hull where the hull's lateral resistance can be said to be centered.

Port where cargo is unloaded and enters a country.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

Along or around a coast.

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

Seller is responsible for goods and preparation of export documentation until actually placed aboard the vessel.

The act of supporting anything by propping or shoring it up.

A metal plate, strap, or rod bolted to the hull structure to which the lower ends of shrouds and stays are attached

In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark.

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

Sailing with the wind coming from the stern or quarter of the boat.

Place where cargo is loaded and leaves a country.