To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail.

Ship's intercom system

Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions.

The bank that adds its confirmation to another bank's (the issuing bank's) letter of credit and promises to pay the beneficiary upon presentation of documents specified in the letter of credit.

An area designated for the stowage of cargoes in container; usually accessible by truck, railroad and marine transportation. Here containers are picked up, dropped off, maintained and housed.

The radio operator.

To get spliced is slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

Abbreviation for "Completely Knocked Down." Parts and subassemblies being transported to an assembly plant.

(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

A rate applicable to or from a group of points.- A special rate applicable to several different articles in a single shipment.

A cooling water supply system. There are two different types - Open and closed loop systems.

any loss of performance due to the presence of contamination. Two basic types of contamination failure are: Perceptible -- gradual loss of efficiency or performance, and Catastrophic -- dramatic, unexpected failure.

A bond covering a croup of persons, articles of properties.

Specific Power Consumption.

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

The whole crew of a ship.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

Mythical sea nymphs who charmed men with their melodious voices. Enchanted, the men would stop all work to listen and they would ultimately die of starvation because of their inability to sail any further.

(1) Free, not entangled (2) To finalize all formalities in a Customs House.

A type of radio carried on a boat to transmit long distances.