The Dictionary of English Nautical Language Database: Search Results
Your search returned 161 matches.
Pages: [<<]12345 6 7[>>]
Term:
logged (adj)
Definition:
Having the interstitial spaces in the timbers of a wooden ship sodden with water and weakened.
See Also:
water logged
Term:
loggerhead (n)
Definition:
1) A sturdy post on a whaling launch used to secure the harpoon line. 2) A stick with an iron ball at the end, used as a tool to pay deck seams with tar. (Like a belaying pin, the loggerhead was also a handy weapon.)
See Also:
belaying pin
Term:
long liner (n)
Definition:
A fishing vessel that trawls with a line that may be up to several miles in length and equipped with numerous hooks.
Term:
Long Range Acoustic Device (n)
Definition:
An electronic loudhailer that employs a parabolic dish to focus a narrow sound beam and project it over long distances. The device can be used for communication, or for emitting a powerful piercing sound capable of disabling attackers.
See Also:
LRADª, loudhailer
Term:
long shot (n)
Definition:
A firing of cannon at a distant target with almost no hope of actually hitting it.
Term:
long splice (n)
Definition:
A joint of a foot or more between two lines using only part of each lay for the splice so that the line is smooth and even, and will run through a block without binding.
See Also:
splice, short splice
Term:
longboat (n)
Definition:
1) A lapstrake Viking open ship with a sweeping high sheer forward carrying a figurehead, a single square downwind sail, and rowing stations. 2) The largest launch carried on a ship.
Term:
longitude (n)
Definition:
A great circle through the poles identified in degrees East or West from the prime meridian at Greenwich England. A meridian of longitude.
See Also:
latitude
Term:
longshoreman (n)
Definition:
A wharf worker who loads and unloads ships.
See Also:
stevedore
Term:
look alive! (interjection)
Definition:
A stern command to crewmembers to rouse themselves to work.
Term:
loom (n)
Definition:
1) The shaft of an oar. 2) A distorted shape that becomes gradually visible through fog or bad weather. 3) The glow in the sky marking the direction of a light which is over the horizon
Term:
loom (v)
Definition:
To become gradually visible but distorted as viewed over the horizon or in bad weather.
Term:
loose footed (adj)
Definition:
Describing a marconi rigged sail that is attached to the boom only at the tack and clew.
See Also:
club footed
Term:
LORAN (n)
Definition:
A series of navigation transmitters ashore that transmit unique signals that can be identified and located by a ship’s navigator to determine his position LORAN is an acronym for LOng RAnge Navigaion
Term:
loudhailer (n)
Definition:
An electronic speaking horn used to amplify the voice so that it can be heard at long distances.
See Also:
LRAD
Term:
low (adj)
Definition:
1) Describing an object in the sky near the horizon Low in the sky. 2) Located near the equator, as in: “He did all his sailing in the low latitudes.”
Term:
lower (v)
Definition:
1) To bring down the sail. Douse. 2) To ease a lifeboat over the side and into the water.
See Also:
douse
Term:
lower branch (n)
Definition:
The half of a plane of a meridian that intersects the opposite side of a sphere from a given location.
See Also:
upper branch
Term:
lower lights (n)
Definition:
Minor lighted navigation aids.
See Also:
minor light
Term:
lower unit (n)
Definition:
The transmission, shaft and propeller assembly of an outboard motor.
See Also:
Z-drive
Term:
LRADª (n)
Definition:
Acronym for Long Range Acoustic Device, developed by American Technology Corp. An electronic loudhailer that employs a parabolic dish to focus a narrow sound beam and project it over long distances. The device can be used for communication, or for emitting a powerful piercing sound capable of disabling attackers.
Landing Ship Tank, a ship used by the U.S. Navy to carry battle-ready tanks, troops and cargo to a beach. A ramp on the bow can be let down to put the men and cargo ashore directly on the beach.
Term:
lubber (n)
Definition:
A person who is incompetent to understand and perform even simple duties on board ship.
A line at the edge or across the face of a compass which is precisely aligned with the longitudinal centerline of the ship; the reference mark against which the helmsman reads the magnetic course of the ship.
Term:
lubber's hole (n)
Definition:
An opening in the ship's top through which a sailer may crawl to reach farther aloft without having to climb among the futtock shrouds.
