Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.

Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

The inside center strand of rope.

Cotton yarn used for cleaning purposes.

To heave in until the vessel is riding nearly over her anchor.

See Heave To

A short piece of rope secured in the bow of a small boat used for making her fast.

A vessel designed for the transport of people or goods from one place to another on a regular schedule.

The relationship of flow per unit area to differential pressure across a filter medium.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.

An agreement to hold a carrier harmless with regard to a liability.

After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

Owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. The term is also used to refer to the vessels.

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(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

The most common type of sail used today, a triangle-shaped mainsail defined by the mast and one horizontal boom perpendicular to the mast.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.