A guard of canvas or rope put around spars, mooring lines, or rigging to prevent them from wearing out by rubbing against something.

Canvas, cloth, leather, tubing, rubber or other material placed around a line or cable to protect it from wear and abrasion

A compartment forward where the chain cable is stowed.

A pipe of large diameter, through which the chains pass into the chain lockers.

A metal plate, strap, or rod bolted to the hull structure to which the lower ends of shrouds and stays are attached

Length of chain used for putting around logs or steel products.

The development of loose removable powder at the surface of an organic coating usually caused by weathering.

A person who deals in the selling of provisions, dried stores, etc.

A marine hardware store.

A navigable route on a waterway, usually marked by buoys. Channels are deep enough for ships or boats to navigate without running aground.

Seaman's name for the excitement on board as the ship approachs her destination, giving the crew some liberty ashore.

The water volume within a specified portion of a stream channel.

Shanties are the work songs that were used on the square-rigged ships of the Age of Sail. Their rhythms coordinated the efforts of many sailors hauling on lines.

In the US a company can file for protection under Chapter 11 of the country's bankruptcy laws. The.

A byproduct of low-temperature carbonization of a solid fuel.

Part of a computer word that has meaning in itself, often, a byte.

The distinguishing qualities of a navigational light, including its color and whether it is fixed or flashing (and the flashing sequence).

A material formed from the incomplete combustion or destructive distillation (carbonization) of organic material in a kiln or retort, and having a high energy density, being nearly pure carbon. (If produced from coal, it is coke.) Used for cooking, the ma ...

A plastic payment card enabling the holder to obtain goods and services without the requirement to.

A free and mobile conduction electron or hole in a semiconductor.