Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

A line used to tighten the leech of a sail, helping to create proper sail shape.

To store a yacht away on land for the winter

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

Cargo discharged in excess of the quantity on the manifest.

The length of the boat at the waterline.

A container designed with openings in the side and/or end walls to permit the ingress of outside air when the doors are closed.

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

A line drawn to indicate both the direction and magnitude of a force, such as leeway or a current.

Japanese tapered pipe thread (Female).

Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

Said of a vessel when she is shipping water on deck and it is running off through scuppers and freeing ports.

Nautical slang for the spirit of the sea, usually in the form of a sea devil. Davy Jones's Locker is the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, articles lost or thrown overboard, and of men buried at sea.

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

A wedge-shaped piece of timber used to secure barrels against movement.

A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed.

Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind