| afterguard |
men who work the aft sails on the quarterdeck and poop deck |
| amidships |
midway between the bow and stern of a ship |
| anchor rode |
the length of rope and chain attached to the anchor combine to be called the rode |
| anchor warp |
a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship |
| astern |
at the stern of a ship |
| backstay |
stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship |
| belay |
to secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat |
| bilge |
lower point of inner hull of a ship |
| bobstay |
rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit |
| bollard |
short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied |
| bow |
front of a ship |
| bower |
anchor carried at bow of a ship |
| bowsprit |
spar that extends at bows of a ship |
| bulwark |
the side of a ship above the deck |
| burgee |
small ship's flag used for identification or signalling |
| cable |
heavy rope or chain for mooring a ship |
| capstan |
upright device for winding in heavy ropes or cables |
| chine |
the intersection of the middle and sides of a boat |
| chock |
metal casting with curved arms for passing ropes for mooring ship |
| clew |
corner of sail with hole to attach ropes |
| cringle |
loop at corner of sail to which a line is attached |
| davit |
device for hoisting and lowering a boat |
| deadeye |
rounded wooden block with hole used to set up ship's stays |
| fairlead |
ring through which rope is led to change its direction without friction |
| fluke |
part of an anchor that fastens in the ground |
| forestay |
stay leading from the foremast to the bow of a ship |
| freeboard |
distance between waterline and main deck of a ship |
| genoa |
large jib that overlaps the mainsail |
| grapnel |
small anchor used for dragging or grappling |
| gudgeon |
metal socket into which the pintle of a boat's rudder fits |
| gybe |
to swing a sail from one side to another |
| halyard |
rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails |
| hank |
series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay |
| hawse |
distance between ship's bow and its anchor |
| hawsehole |
hole for ship's cable |
| hawser |
large rope for mooring or towing a ship |
| headsail |
sail set forward of the foremast of a ship |
| helm |
ship's steering wheel |
| jib |
small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast |
| jibe |
to change a ship's course to make the boom shift sides |
| kedge |
small anchor to keep a ship steady |
| keelhaul |
to punish by dragging under keel of ship |
| lanyard |
rope or line for fastening something in a ship |
| leech |
a vertical edge of a square sail |
| luff |
windward side of a ship; forward edge of fore-and-aft sail |
| mainsail |
principal sail on a ship's mainmast |
| mainsheet |
rope by which mainsail is trimmed and secured |
| manrope |
rope used as a handrail on a ship |
| moonraker |
topmost sail of a ship, above the skyscraper |
| outhaul |
rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar |
| painter |
rope attached to bow of a boat to attach it to a ship or a post |
| port |
when facing forward, the left side of a shift |
| rake |
the inclination of a mast or another part of a ship |
| reef |
to reduce area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it |
| rowlock |
contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar |
| spanker |
sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship |
| spinnaker |
large triangular sail opposite the mainsail |
| sprit |
spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally |
| starboard |
when facing forward, the right side of a ship |
| stay |
large rope used to support a mast |
| stern |
back part of a ship |
| tiller |
handle or lever for turning a ship's rudder |
| transom |
transverse timbers attached to ship's sternpost |
| windlass |
winch used to raise a ship's anchor |
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