THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ 78 79 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 public office and others, such as commonwealth ships. White ensign hoisted in the morning in silent respect, as part of "Colours" ceremony. Ensign at half mast - A sign of mourning. Ensign staff - (hgv) Entering – ‘Boarding and entering’ was a phrase commonly used to describe taking an enemies vessel. In fact ‘boarding’ means placing one’s vessel alongside the opponent and ‘entering’ means going onto/into that vessel to take it. Entering ropes - Two ropes hanging at the sides of the accommodation ladder. Entrance - The foremost underwater part of a vessel, from the fact that this part 'entered' the water a-head. See also Run. Entry port - Epact - The Moon's age. Epact for the month – The tidal prediction term meaning the age of the Moon on the first day of the month. Epact for the year – The tidal prediction term meaning the age of the Moon on 1 January. This can be found by dividing the year by 19 and multiplying the remainder by 11. Epaulettes - Two only after 3 years as Post Captain- also 3 gold stripes at cuffs. Epoch - The set time span used to measure the seconds gained or lost by a chronometer. Equation of time – The difference between mean and apparent time at any moment in time. Equinoctial – The apparent heavenly line coinciding with the terrestrial equator. Also celestial equator. Equinoctial tides – Tides of greater than average range occurring during the Spring and Autumn equinoxes. Equinoxes – The points where the planes of the ecliptic and equator intersect with the sun’s declination at oI. Erratic wind – The converse of a steady wind. Also variable wind. Escutcheon - The plate on a vessel’s stern where her name and port of registry are displayed. Essex Smack- A shallow draught, cutter-rigged boat about 36feet long with flush deck, primarily used to dredge for oysters, but occasionally used for cargo. Establishment - 1. Admiralty Scale, also known as Wise Rules 2. The navigational establishment of a land-based position, such as a port, was expressed in compass directions based on the time of Full and New Moons, i.e. local tide times. See High water full and change. Establishment of the port – The tidal prediction term meaning the lunitidal interval at a given port on days of full and change. Also high water full and change, or vulgar establishment. Euloe – A scull. Euphroe, euvro – An oblong block without sheaves, usually made of ash, with regularly spaced holes through it; used to separate rope strands or to form the crowfoot in the suspension of an awning. Also uphroe. Euphroe block - Even keel - Said of a vessel who is neither 'by the head' nor 'by the stern', but floating with a horizontal keel. Every inch of it – The order given to the hands working a rope to take up any last slack. Every man for himself! – The final order given on a sinking ship, that all seamen hoped not to hear, until inevitable. Evolution - Any sequence of co-ordinated actions carried out in compliance of an order, such as, "Hoist the main course!", or "Captains repair aboard the flag!", or "Beat to quarters!" Exchanging for Duty - WW221 Excise Duty - Excise Men - Ex-meridian altitude – An altitude not measured at noon, perhaps because of cloud cover, from which the meridian altitude can be reduced by reference to tables. Eye - The loop formed in the top end of a rope, shroud or stay to go over a mast - or any similar loop formed at the end of a rope. Eyes - The parts of a ship near the forward hawseholes. Eye-bolt - An iron bolt fastened through the decks, with an eye projecting above, through which ropes or tackles can be fastened. Eyebrow - See rigol Eyelet hole – A reinforced hole is a sail. Eye of the wind – The direction from which the wind is blowing. Directly to windward. Also wind’s eye. Eyes in two watches - Descriptive of someone whose eyes fail to coordinate, usually through drunkenness. Face piece - Timber fastened to the knee of the head to enlarge and shape it. Factory - Compound created and protected by merchants in foreign parts, at which they gathered their trade goods prior to shipping. A trading station or enclave of factors in trade. Fag-end – 1. The name for when nothing is left of a rope but its end. 2. An un-whipped rope end that is coming unravelled. Fagged out – Old rope ends were fagged out, so when one resembled such a state one was said to be fagged out, too. Fag out - Fray a ropes end. So, the fag end of anything. Fair - Clear, unobstructed, suitable. Consequently: fair course to steer, fairway of a harbour channel, fairlead for a sail's sheet, fair copy of a document. Fair - (v) To make correct, repair, or return a vessel's damaged component to its correct form, shape or dimensions. Fair curve - A winding line used in designing a ship that follows the shape of that part of the ship. Fairing - 1. Shaping by adze. 2. A description of a type of wind, which was good. 3. Carrying out corrections to a ship's design plans before she is built. Fairing Pieces - on rudder. CTC Fair in place - To fair a vessel's component without removing it from the vessel. Fairlead – Any fixture used to lead any rope through. Fairlead pendant - Lines rigged between shrouds to prevent blocks and gear from slatting against the mast. Fairleads - Bull's-eyes or thimbles seized onto rigging, or smooth holes through battens, etc., to provide a constrained route for running rigging, to prevent tangling. Rings of wood or iron by means of which running rigging is led in any direction. Fairlead saddle - (ecr) Fair log – The summarized transcription of the log book. In the Royal Navy, the journal would be forwarded to the Admiralty for analysis. Also journal. Fair loom gale - SMS 'Fair Wars!' - A called offer of quarter to an enemy. Fairway Buoy – A buoy marking a fairway, with safe water on both sides of itself. Fair weather - Good, favourable weather. Fair wind - Ideal weather conditions. Came to refer to favourable conditions in other fields. Fake – 1. A single turn of a rope that has been coiled down. 2. A haul of fish. Falconets - 1½ pounders Fall – The loose rope end of a tackle that the crew would haul on to operate the purchase. Fall astern – 1. To fall behind in a chase. 2. Said of the land as a ship sails away from it. Fall away – The action of a vessel’s head deflecting to leeward of the course. Also fall off. Fall down – To drift downstream in a river. Fall foul of – To be obstructed by another ship. Fall home, falling home - See Tumble home. Fall in with – To meet another vessel by chance. Fall not off – A helm order given when the conner wanted the helmsman not to let the ship fall off the wind. Also ‘nothing off’. Fall off – The action of a vessel’s head deflecting to leeward of the course. Also fall away. Fall out - Said of the sides of a vessel when they slope upwards and outwards. Falls – The ropes used to lower and raise a ship’s boat on the davits. Fall wind - See Gust. False keel - A secondary protective keel attached beneath the true keel to protect the ship if it should run aground. False keelson - The second keelson, fitted inside the main keelson, for additional strength. False light - (tge) False rails - Lengths of timber fastened to a rail for added strength or for decoration. False stem - A shaped cutwater with metal clamps, fitted to give symmetry to the stem. False stern-post - Additional timber fixed to the stern-post as reinforcement. Fancy line - 1. The line acting as a downhaul, by running through the jaws of a gaff. 2 The line used for close-hauling the lee topping lift. Fane – A weathercock. Fanning breeze – A wind not strong enough to keep the sails filled. Fanny - 1. An oval mess trap, from its origins as a meat tin, used at the time Fanny Adams had been murdered and dismembered. 2 Messdeck fannies (sometimes called monkeys) were used for grog, holding about four pints, and were polished and decorated. Fanny Adams – The RN slang term for canned meat, after the eponymous child murder in the 1867. It came to mean ‘absolutuely nothing’, after the euphemism ‘sweet Fanny Adams’. Fardage – Dunnage used with bulk cargo. Farewell buoy - Buoy at the seaward end of a channel. Fash - A crooked seam in deck planking. Fashion pieces - The aftermost frames of a vessel, that delineate its breadth and stern shape. Fast – 1. Said of a thing made secure. Usually used in the term to make fast, meaning to secure. 2. Any rope or chain attaching a vessel to a dock or quay, named after the part of the vessel from which it comes, such as bow-fast or stern-fast. Fast fish - A whale that had been harpooned securely, and so was fast to the whaler, or ready to be made fast. Fake - One coil of a piece of rope laid flat. Falchion - A broad curved sword. Falconet - A gun of about 78 inches long, firing a 1½ pound shot. Fall Away - Bows turn away from heading, due to side winds. Falling Sickness – Seamen’s name for the effects of a beating BDD Fall, falls - The moving end(s) of line on a purchase. F Fairleads and Futtocks
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