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Backstay
noun · 78% connection
A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Barkentine
noun · 78% connection
A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.]…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Bobstay
noun · 78% connection
A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Cap
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Cleat
noun · 78% connection
A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Crown
noun · 78% connection
The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Eye-splice
noun · 78% connection
A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Fish
verb · 78% connection
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Fore-topmast
noun · 78% connection
The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Foretop
noun · 78% connection
The platform at the head of the foremast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Frigatoon
noun · 78% connection
A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Gammon
verb · 78% connection
To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Gimbals
noun · 78% connection
A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Half-mast
noun · 78% connection
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
Head
noun · 78% connection
The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, strong, rope, reaching, foremast.
