(Pronounced tay-cle.) A purchase, formed by a rope rove through one or more blocks.

A purchase where two or more blocks are used to increase mechanical advantage, or the power exerted on a line. (pronounced "taykle").

The after rail at the stern of a ship. Also called a Pushpit

A propeller drawn through the water that operates a meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed

The log mounted on the taffrail and consisting of a rotator, a log line and recording device (to measure distance run through the water).

A rope spliced into the end of a block and used for making it fast to rigging or spars. Such a block is called a tail-block.

Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose.

The end of a line.

An order given to take hold of a rope and pull.

The after section of the propeller shaft.

To pass a turn around a belaying pin or cleat.

To lower and furl the sails.

To remove a sail.

Loaded with more cargo than a ship can safely navigate with. Drunk.

A float with a flag at the top of a pole. Used to mark a position such as for a mooring, a race or a man overboard.

Board, bearing instructions, that comes to a wrecked ship with a life-saving rocket line.

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

A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

Removal of all traces of a cargo from the tanks of a tanker normally by means of high pressure water jets.

A river barge designed for the carriage of liquid bulk cargoes.