Abbreviation for "Less than Container Load." The quantity of freight which is less than that required for the application of a container load rate. Loose Freight.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

A wedge-shaped piece of timber used to secure barrels against movement.

Customs form permitting in bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier's possession while draying cargo.

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

A pipe lead-in for anchor chain through ship's bow.

The ratio and percent of the actual delivered capacity (measured at inlet temperature, pressure and gas composition) to the piston displacement.

Is any gas or gas mixture in which one or more of the constituents is at its saturated vapor pressure. The constituent at saturation pressure may or may not be water vapor.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

Refers to the direction in which a line goes.

A tube with a narrow throat (a constriction) that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of the liquid passing through it, creating a partial vacuum immediately after the constriction in the tube. The vacuum created has a sucking effect, and a ven ...

Compressors of 20 HP or less, generally combined with all the components required to put the into operation.

A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

The number of degrees of list a vessel has. The first indication that a vessel may need to reef is when there is too great an angle of heel.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

A locker big enough to hang clothes.

The distance the bow of a boat is forward of another's stern

Power as calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams.