seafaring
Noun
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The work of a sailor (synset 100315295)
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 paidsubtypes: cabotage - navigation in coastal waterssame as: navigation, sailing -
Travel by water (synset 100314473)
associated with: shipwreck - cause to experience shipwrecksubtypes:
- ocean trip, voyage - an act of traveling by water
- sailing - riding in a sailboat
- boating, yachting - water travel for pleasure
same as: water travel
Adjective
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Used on the high seas (synset 301384000)
"seafaring vessels"similar to: marine - relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the seasame as: oceangoing, seagoing
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