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BOLTSPRIT See Bowsprit.
PILLOW A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
SPRITSAIL A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
HEEL The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
STEEVE To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
HOUSING That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
WHISKER Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
LUGGER A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.
FORESTAY A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
FRIGATOON A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
BEE Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
GAMMON To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
BOBSTAY A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
GOBLINE One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
TARTAN A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
GAMMONING The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
CAP A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
JIB ...nding from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flyin...
JACK A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The America...
SHIP Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a low...
STEM ...f a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward p...
SLOOP ...nsisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, w...
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