The Dictionary of English Nautical Language Database: Search Results
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Term:
glory hole (n)
Definition:
A small locker which opens from the top, usually located below deck at the stern, where random tools and ropes are stored.
See Also:
lazaret
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Gloucester schooner (n)
Definition:
Any of the handsome fishing schooners built around Gloucester, Massachusetts in the 19th C, characterized by a clipper bow, a long run aft and gaff rig.
See Also:
friendship sloop
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go about (v)
Definition:
To tack or turn the ship through the eye of the wind and fill the sails on the opposite side.
See Also:
tack, come about
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go by the boards (v)
Definition:
To wash over the side. To be lost overboard. The term carries the sense of the futility of ever hoping to see the item or person again
See Also:
deep six
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go down (v)
Definition:
To sink or submerge. Usually in the past tense; as in: “She went down in the Strait of Georgia.”
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go overboard (v)
Definition:
To take extreme measures, suggesting an effort beyond sense or reason. This expression probably originated ashore using seafaring imagery.
See Also:
overboard, board
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gob (n)
Definition:
A sailor.
See Also:
tar
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gold plater (adj)
Definition:
Describing an expensive and usually ostentatious yacht.
See Also:
superyacht, yacht
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golf (n)
Definition:
The phonetic term used on radio transmissions to represent the letter "g".
See Also:
phonetic alphabet
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gondola (n)
Definition:
A long narrow boat used in the canals of Venice, Italy. The term was also used in the U.S. to describe a flat-bottomed river boat.
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gondolier (n)
Definition:
The operator of a gondola. The boat is propelled by sculling a long sweep from the high deck aft.
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gong (n)
Definition:
A sound buoy aid to navigation employing four gongs of different pitch, each with its own clapper. The gongs sound as the sea action makes the buoy move.
See Also:
bell, whistle, horn
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gooseneck (n)
Definition:
The fitting at the forward end of a boom on a modern sailing vessel which connects the boom to the mast, or the mast track.
See Also:
jaws
Term:
goosewing jibe (n)
Definition:
A half jibe, where the lower part of the sail swings across the eye of the wind, but the upper part remains twisted to the opposite side.
See Also:
jibe
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governor (n)
Definition:
A mechanism on an engine which automatically restricts the speed.
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GPS (n)
Definition:
Acronym for Global Positioning System, referring to an electronic instrument that determines position accurately by interacting with several orbiting satellites.
See Also:
SATNAV
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grab rail (n)
Definition:
A solidly built railing which is mounted conveniently alongside passageways offering the seaman a secure handhold while moving about the ship.
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grampus (n)
Definition:
A small whale (Grampus griseus). Often the term is used to describe any of the small cetaceans, such as the pilot whale or killer whale.
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Grand Banks (n)
Definition:
The relatively shallow seas offshore of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, once famous for dense schools of codfish.
See Also:
bank
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granny knot (n)
Definition:
An incorrectly tied reef knot.
See Also:
knot, hitch
Term:
grapnel (n)
Definition:
A small anchor with four or five flukes, used for anchoring a small skiff. Such an anchor might be used as a day anchor to hold a boat during temporary stops. This kind of anchor is also used to drag the bottom hoping to snag lost equipment.
See Also:
lunch hook
Term:
grapple (n)
Definition:
A hook used to fasten to an enemy ship. Grapnel.
See Also:
grapnel
Term:
grapple (v)
Definition:
1) To throw hooks or grapnels onto an enemy ship and secure it alongside so that it can be boarded. 2) To drag a grapnel on the bottom hoping to snag lost equipment.
See Also:
grapnel, grappling hook
Term:
grappling hook (n)
Definition:
A small lightweight anchor used for hooking items on the bottom so they can be retrieved.
See Also:
grapnel
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grappling iron (n)
Definition:
1) A hook used for grappling an enemy ship. 2) A hook with many flukes used for dragging the bottom for lost gear.