THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ 140 141 THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF PETER TURNER THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF PETER TURNER ©2024 If any reader can provide information, please send to galf@abandos.com If any reader can provide information, please send to galf@abandos.com side of a course to prevent it from bellying. Quickwork, Quick-work - Those parts of a vessel's sides that are above the upper deck, which need not be to the same standard as those lower down, and so can be built more quickly. Quid – A piece of chewing tobacco. Quilting – A woven rope protective wrapping around a bottle or jar. Quitant – An instrument used for making lunar observations. Quid - Seamen's slang for a wad of chewing tobacco. Quidding - Tobacco chewing. Quinquereme - An ancient Roman oared warship similar to the Quadrireme* but with five banks of oars or five men on each oar. Quintal - A quantity of fish caught. 100 pound weight. Quoin – A wooden chock or wedge used to keep items of cargo in place and to prevent them from damaging each other. Quota Acts Quota Bounty Quota Men Qvaerk - SMS Rabbet – 1. Deep groove cut into a piece of timber to receive the edge of a plank. Rabbit - A gift, or proffed item, which was often an item made from navy stores to be ‘landed’ for ones own use, from the habit of catching free meat on an island inside Chatham Dockyard. A rabbit-run is a run ashore to buy presents. To say an item has ears, is to imply suspicion about its provenance. Race - Tide race. An excpetionally strong stream, usually caused by the constriction of water passing around a headland or two streams converging. e.g. Portland Race, Alderney Race, Wild Goose Race, The Skerries, etc. Race-built ships - The 'new' Elizabethan ship design with fast lines, no forecastle, reduced aftercastle and lower free-board. From ‘raze’, or cut down, not ‘race’. Rack - Another name for a fife rail or pin rack. Rack block – A block or plank containing a number of sheaves, used on the bowsprit for leading running gear. Racking or Racking turns - Lashing or bends in which cross turns are made over the eyes or ropes to be joined. Rack Rail - CTC Raddle - Yarns braide to form a gasket for securing furled sails. Radeau – A raft or floating battery. Radoub - To refurbish a ship and her fittings and rigging, by the crew. Rafale - The drum call to quarters. Raffee-topsail - A triangular sail set between the uppermost yard and the masthead. Raffle – 1. The whole ship's tackle. 2. A whole mess of ropes. Raft- A buoyant construction that floats because its material is less dense than water. Raft-port - A square opening in the end of a merchant ship, through which long timbers could be loaded. Rag bolt - A bolt formed with sharp notches across its shank which prevent it pulling out of the timber into which it is driven. Rag, The - The Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall. Rags, raggie - An oppo, from the practice of sharing cleaning rags with a particular friend. Rail – 1. The upper edge of the bulwark. 2. A pin-rail, named for its numerous locations, such as main-rail, fife-rail, etc. Rail of the head - A curved timber supporting the knee of the head that extends from the bow to the stem. Rail roundabout - The belaying pin rack around a mast. Rail with hammock cranes Rain cloud - Cumulonimbus. Raise a light – To sail towards a light, thus enabling it to appear above the horizon. Raise a purchase – To use a tackle. Raising Jack- A pontoon-shaped hull equipped with a winch or capstan and a trestle frame, used for lifting heavy loads. Raise tacks and sheets – The order given to raise the clews enough to permit lower sails to be handled clearly when tacking. Raise the land – To sail towards land, thus enabling it to appear above the horizon. Raise the ship - SMS Rake - 1. The slope of a ship's masts, forward or aft. 2. A ship's projection beyond the keel, at stem or stern. Rake of masts - SMS Rake of rudder - SMS Rake of stern - SMS Rake of sternpost - SMS Rally in - To haul in quickly. Ram - A bronze or iron projecting forefoot or stem on ancient warships, used for ramming an enemy vessel. Rambling Ram block – A flat-sided block with three or four holes through which lanyards are rove for the shrouds and stays. Ram bow - The bow of a vessel with a ram. Ramshead - Block Ram's head - SMS Ramshorn hook – A special hook shaped like a ram’s horn, used to hold a cargo sling in a way that stops the ends chafing. Ran – 1. Spunyarn, used for worming, seizing, etc., made from old cable being unlaid, tarred and re-laid in three or four strands, using a spunyarn winch. 2. A reel wound with twenty cords of twine each parted by a knot to allow them to be easily separated. Range – (v) To sail along the coast. Range alongside – To come alongside another vessel while under way. Range cleat - (tge) Ranging cable - The operation of laying out the cable on deck, to examine it for any defects before relying on it when anchoring in particularly deep water. Range of the tide – The difference in level between low and high water. Random shot - Extreme range of gun. Ranging the cable – The process of laying out a cable on deck to check each of its links for damage, rust or other deterioration. Ran Tan - Occasional seamen’s name for a good time, or razzle. Rap full – Said of sails drawing at their best. Rapine Rate – 1. The classification by which sailing warships were recognised, according to the number of guns they carried, which varied over time but was usually as follows: First Rate: 100 or more guns Second Rate: 84 or 90 to 100 guns Third Rate: 64, 70 or 80 to 84 or up to 90 guns Fourth Rate: 50 or 60, but up to 70 or 80 guns Fifth Rate: 32 to 50 or 60 guns (usually frigates) Sixth Rate: Less than 32 guns. 2. Rank. To rate or assign a rank to a seaman or R Razees and Runners
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