THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ 178 179 THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF PETER TURNER ©2024 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 onto a gaff jaw rope, to assist the sliding of the gaff. Also called bull's eyes. Truck - The wooden cap at the head of a mast. Truck Carriage Trucks - Large bull's eyes, threaded onto a rope to reduce chafing through friction by rolling, when the rope would otherwise rub against a mast or spar. Truck wheels - The wheels of a gun carriage. True colours - The national flags of a vessel, which had to be broken out before firing in anger. The antonym of false colours. False colours were allowed to be worn during an approach to an enemy ship, but true colours would have to be broken out once battle was joined. True north – The direction of the north geographical pole on any meridian. True solar time – Time based on the hour angle of the true sun. The time used on sundials. Also apparent solar time, or astronomical time. True wind – The actual direction from which the wind blows. cf relative wind. Trumpeter Trumpets - Speaking trumpets were used by officers to give orders. Also tubes fixed through ships, for the same purpose Trundle-head – The capstan head. Trunnels - Treenails, trenels, etc. Trunks Trunnion bearing(hgv) Trunnion(hgv) Trunnions Truss - The rope securing the lower yard to the mast. Later vessels replaced this arrangement with a goose-neck. Also sometimes called the parrel of the lower yard. Truss hoop - An open iron hoop fitting around a mast or spar, whose lugged open ends can be fastened together. Also clasp hoop. Truss-parrel - That part of a rope parrel that goes round the yard. Truss pendant(tge) Truss tackle Truss tackle - ERR Truss yoke Trusso"- Initiation ceremony for Coopers'* apprentice after 5 years. Try – (v) Lie-to in heavy weather with reduced sail area, occasionally under bare poles. Try back – To veer or make a small change of direction. Try Out His Metal Try Out- Extract whale oil from Blubber Try pots – The pair of large polished cauldrons used on a whaleship to render down whale blubber. Trysail – 1. A gaff-and-boom sail set from an auxiliary mast or rope horse. 2. A fore-and-aft sail set on the mast of a square-rigged ship. 3. A small sail set by a small craft in place of the main sail in stormy weather. Trysail gaff - The upper spar of a trysail. Trysail mast - An auxiliary mast or spar placed immediately abaft a mainmast or foremast, to which a trysail is attached. Try works – A brick-built structure on a whaleship in which the try pots were housed and heated by a fire lit between them, to render whale oil from the blubber. Tsunami – A large destructive wave caused by an underwater earthquake. Tub (vb) - Seamen's slang for puzzling or baffling, usually done deliberately to teach someone a lesson. Tub - The polished and decorated tot barrel. Tub parrels Tuberones - Sharks. Tubes- Sutton's TUBMIN – A more modern acronym for Thumb Up Bum, Mind In Neutral, used to describe someone who is daydreaming whilst carrying out a task. Tuck "Tucked Up" - Hanged Tuck rail(tge) Tugs, Tuggs – Wagons used to bring tree trunks from the forest. Tumble-Home- LOB Tumbler – 1. A block of wood pivoted on a pin between the jaws of a gaff, to assist its sliding up and down. Also called a tongue. 2. An iron bar fitted with two curved pins and a lever, used to attach the end of the anchor chain to the ship’s side. When released by raising the lever the anchor would drop overboard. Tun- 240 gallon barrel. Tuphoon – Typhoon Turk's Head- Ornamental knot resembling a turban. Turkey - 1. Marine, from red tunics. 2. In Elizabethan times, turquoise. 3. Fishermen’s name for fish. Turk’s head – An ornamental knot also worked onto the log-line, resembling a turban. Turn – 1. The order to turn the sand-glass and start timing. 2. (v) To pass a rope around an object. Turn a blind eye - Ignore a misdemeanour by pretending not to have seen it, from Nelson at Copenhagen, when he declined to see a signal ordering him to desist from irritating the Danes by bombarding them, which gave us this expression meaning to witness something but ignore it. Turnado Turn and turn about - A period of duty of two watches. Turnback - White patch on Mid's* collar. Also Weekly Account*. Turnbuckle – A bottle-screw. Turned Over-Crewmen transferred from other ships Turner's reefing gear - A patent rolling boom mechanism, used on small boats, to enable a sail to be rolled down single-handed. Turnery Ware – Wooden plates, bowls, etc., issued by Purser to crew. Turn in - Go to bed. At last! Turn in a Dead Eye" Turning ability Turning centre – The point about which a vessel pivots when turning. Also pivoting point. Turning circle – The circular course of a vessel when turning. Turning in her heel Turning Over- Captain changing ships Turning short round – A quick turn in a boat, achieved by one bank of oars being pushed while the other is pulled. Turn Out-Hands at 07.30 (depending on Watch) Turn out - Get up again. Already? Turn out - Get up, as in the appearance of ones dress. Turn Over Turn to - Start work. Turn turtle – Said of a vessel that has turned right over and remains upside down in the water, looking like a turtle’s shell. Turn up – To secure a rope to a cleat or other attachment by taking a number of turns around it. Tuyere (grate)(tge) Tweendecks Twelve tide - The twelve days of Christmas. Twice-laid stuff – The term for a rope formed from old rope that has been unlaid and laid up again. Twiddling line – A small line made fast at one end and attached to a spoke of the wheel, or to the yoke-lines of a small boat rudder, used to ease the helmsman’s arm when steering. Twig- To realise Twilight – The period of reduced daylight just after sunset and before sunrise, when star sights and star lunar distances are possible, if the sea horizon is to be referred to. Twine – Thin line made up from good quality long stranded hemp. Two and one - The original grog, from its comprising two parts of water to one of the essential rum. Two Blocks - To reach the limit of ones endurance or patience. See Chock-a-block or block and block. Two Legged Table"- A tray on lap aboard Two master & smaller rigs: Snow, Brig, Blander, Ketch, Howker, schooner (fore & aft and topsail), lugger, dogger, Galliot, Dutch galeas, Ketch-yacht, Yacht, Dutch state or pleasure yacht, Sloop (topsail and fore & aft), Lighter hoy ERR Two-decker- LOB Two-Masted Ship Two-six – An expression used as a command to crew members to lift a heavy object in unison. This originally came from the gun’s crews, where No.2 and No.6 were the gun crew members who would heave on the side tackles to run the gun out again after loading. Two watches - The duty of four hours on and four hours off, continuously (except for the dog watches). Also used to refer to someone who was drunk, by saying 'His eyes are in two watches'. Two water - The same as 'Two and one'. Tye - The length of heavy rope or chain by which a yard is hoisted. Sometimes lumped in nominally with the halyard. Tye, tie block – A block with two small blocks double-strapped underneath and secured to the topsail yard by means of rose lashings. Tye channels, to mast caps(ecr) Tye-wig - Undress wig with hair and curls tied back to form a queue. Types of ship rig: Cat, Bark, Kray, Skerry boat, Dutch herring-bus, Fly boat, Jackass bark, Jigger bark, Hermaphrodite bark ERR Typhoon Typhus Tyrant+111
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