sailing

Noun
  1. associated with:
    • leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
    • tack, tacking - (nautical) the act of changing tack
    • accommodation ladder - (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside
    • becket - (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship
    • bilge well - (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
    • bitter end - (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
    • chip - a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
    • deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
    • escutcheon - (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
    • jack ladder, jacob's ladder, pilot ladder - (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
    • laniard, lanyard - (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships
    • lead line, sounding line - (nautical) plumb line for determining depth
    • luff - (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
    • overhead - (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
    • ratlin, ratline - (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
    • rudder - (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
    • sea ladder, sea steps - (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard
    • mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
    • spun yarn - (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together
    • stay - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
    • sternpost - (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel
    • fireroom, stokehold, stokehole - (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
    • towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope - (nautical) a rope used in towing
    • capsizing - (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
    • beam-ends - (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel
    • bell, ship's bell - (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
    • steerageway - (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
    • stand out - steer away from shore, of ships
    • starboard - turn to the right, of helms or rudders
    • close-hauled - having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
    • fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
    • atrip, aweigh - (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
    • rigged - fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)
    • unrigged - stripped of rigging
    • fore-and-aft - parallel with the keel of a boat or ship
    • close to the wind - nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming
    is a type of: employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid
    subtypes: cabotage - navigation in coastal waters
    has: steerage, steering - the act of steering a ship
    same as: navigation, seafaring
  2. associated with: spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
    is a type of: seafaring, water travel - travel by water
    subtypes:
    • luff - the act of sailing close to the wind
    • beat - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
    • tack - sailing a zigzag course
  3. is a type of: departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
  4. is a type of: flight, flying - an instance of traveling by air
    subtypes:
    same as: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring

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