Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)

The word nautical derives from the Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from nautēs: "sailor", from naus: "ship".

See also References Sometimes simply called a cable.Also sailing canal boat or sailing canal schooner.Also langrage or simply canister.Also graybeard.Also railroad car float or rail barge.Also caravelle.Also heaving down.Also passenger-cargo ship or passenger-cargoman.Also nau.Also the cat.Also catenary curve.Also center of pressure (American spelling) or centre of pressure (British spelling).Also centerplate (American spelling), centreplate (British spelling).Also channel and chainwale.Also switch tack.Also charter ship.Also chase piece or chaser.Also classification organisation (American spelling) or classification organization (British spelling)Also simply trimmer.Also skoot.Also speaking tube or voice tube.Also con, conne, conde, cunde, or cun.Also corvetto.Also cockswain.Also crance, crans, or cranze iron.Also crossjack.Also cut splice.Contents: Top

See also References Also disembarkation.Also decky.Also devil to pay, and no pitch hot.See debarcation.Also drogher, raft ship, timber drogher, or timber ship.Also Divisional Naval Transport OfficerAlso door dog and hatch dog.Also equatorial calms.Also doree, dori, or (Royal Navy) dorey.Also draught.Alternative spelling of draft.Also drying mooring.Also schuyt.Contents: Top

See also References Also halliard.Also haven.See lee-oh.Also harness tub.Also hawsehole or hawse.See hove to.Also steersman.also hydro or thunderboatContents: Top

See also References Also lakeshoring trade.See by and large.Also Latin-rig.Also cage mast.See also heave to.Also lazarette or lazaretto.Also slime line.See length between perpendiculars.See leech.Also class leader.Also sounding line.Also leeward side or simply leeward.Also leach.Also hard alee.Also p/p, p.p., pp, LPP, LBP, or Length BPP.Also lifebuoy, lifejacket, life preserver, and personal flotation device (PFD).See length overall.Also paddy boat.See lie to.Contents: Top

Bulwark (or bulward)
A comparison of the clinker and carvel styles of boat construction
Diagram of the position of a centerboard on a boat
A comparison of the clinker and carvel styles of boat construction
A typical cutter rigging: one mast bearing a fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail (A) and foresail ( forestaysail ) (B), a bowsprit (C), a jib (D), and a flying jib (E)
Dipping the eye
Diagram showing the Minas Geraes -class battleship with its central guns arranged en echelon .
Illustration of a typical 15th-century galleon
A ship with severe list