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BOWS Ship fore-ends
FORESHIP The fore part of a ship.
PRORE The prow or fore part of a ship.
FOREDECK The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.
CUTWATER The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
BALANCEREEF The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.
ARMING Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
CLAMP A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
DRIVER The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
FORE-TOPMAST The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.
FOREHOOK A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
FORWARD Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
SQUARE-RIGGED Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
SPANKER The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail.
BREASTHOOK A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.
SAGGING A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
YARD A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
STEM A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsp...
TOPSAIL ...e lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the s...
STAY A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel...
BITTS A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or i...
CLOSES Ends
CUFFS Sleeve-ends
CLIPPER Ship
VESSEL Ship
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