An announced warning of an approach of a storm.

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

A waybill covering two or more consignments of freight.

The state of a vessel when she is so loosened as to droop at each end.

A point through which all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act.

a filter element intended to be discarded and replaced after one service cycle.

A ported enclosure which directs the flow of a gas through the filter element.

The upper deck rail along both sides of a vessel to prevent anyone on board from falling overboard.

A compartment on or near the bridge of a ship that contains the steering wheel and other controls, compass, charts, navigating equipment and means of communicating with the engine room and other parts of the ship. Also known as wheelhouse

Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

A schooner with a square rigged sail on the forward mast.

A support wire running from the upper part of the mast to the bow of the boat designed to pull the mast forward. A forestay that attaches slightly below the top of the mast can be used to help control the bend of the mast. The most forward stay on the boa ...

To know and to be able to recite the points of a compass from north to south to north again, both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Small horizontal spars extending athwartships from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of these "spreaders", enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.

A vertical support for guardrails and lifelines.

Damage Free Car. Boxcars equipped with special bracing material.

Procedure where carrier tests the temperature of the internal flesh of refrigerated commodities to assure that the temperature at time of shipment conforms to prescribed temperature ranges.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.