A depth measuring device.

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

A fabric bag through which a gas stream is passed for the removal of particulate matter.

That part of a shaft or axle that rotates or angularly oscillates in or against a bearing or about which a bearing rotates or angularly oscillates.

Atmosphere normale de reference. The term ANR is not usually applied to cfm, it is the new European replacement for FAD and usually follows the metric measurement of air flow, such as Cu Meters per Minute

International data interchange standards sponsored by the United Nations. See UN/EDIFACT.

Cargo thrown overboard in order to lighten the ship and washed ashore.

The point at which sellers have fulfilled their obligations so the goods in a legal sense could be said to have been delivered to the buyer. They are shorthand expressions that set out the rights and obligations of each party when it comes to transporting ...

An opening such as a hole or vent. An opening through which air can pass, or a restricted opening placed in a pipe line to provide a means of controlling or measuring flow.

Uncharted navigational danger that has been reported but has not been verified by survey.

A naval rank next below that of lieutenant-commander, which is next below that of captain (the equivalent of commander).

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind

The principal sail that is set on the main mast.

Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

An absolute temperature scale. (

Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel.

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

Describes the pressure drop through a component and is the difference in pressure between two points.