Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction toward which the wind is blowing

To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.

To make fast as to a pin or cleat. To rescind an order (tie up).

Iron or wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.

A wooden or iron pin fitting into a rail upon which to secure ropes.

Traditionally a ship's bell is made of brass and has her name engraved on it. It is used for striking the bells which mark the passage of time (see Bells) and is also used as a fog signal as an audible warning of a ship's position.

A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters.

A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end.

Funnel shaped appliance fitted to the end of cargo suction lines in a tanker. They are designed to allow the cargo pump to draw the maximum amount of oil out of the cargo tank without admitting air to the system.

The strokes on the ship's bell to mark the passage of time. The passage of time in each watch is marked by the bell every half-hour.

see Ships Time

A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

Beneath the deck

Beneath the deck (under).

A switching railroad operating within a commercial area.

To make fast. To bend a sail, is to make it fast to the yard. To bend a cable, is to make it fast to the anchor. A bend, is a knot by which one rope is made fast to another.

A type of knot used to connect a line to a spar or another line, a sail to a spar, or a line to a sail. Also the act of using such a knot. (2) To swing your body when pulling on an oar - "bend to your oars".

To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.