Waterway: alternatives and connections

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.

A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor…

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of t…

A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches i…

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

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…

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…

That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…

That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the…

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…

A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chi…

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a clos…

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the ju…