THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ 96 97 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 Heave-to – To stop a vessel by bringing her head towards the wind and trimming her sails so that she can ride out heavy weather. Heaving ahead – To move a ship by heaving in the cable from an anchor that has been set some distance ahead, thus pulling the ship towards the anchor. Heaving alongside – Bringing a vessel to berth at the dockside. Heaving short – To move a ship by heaving in the cable from an anchor that is almost vertically below the ship, or at short stay. Heave in sight - To become visible to an observer. Heave in stays - To bring a vessel into the wind when tacking. Heavenly body - Any observable body in the celestial sphere. Heaver - A wooden lever used to twist a strop to tighten it. Heave round – The order given to start working the capstan. Also heave away. Heave round the capstan – A pipe call meaning: turn the capstan. Heave taut – When weighing anchor, the order given to take the strain of the anchor cable by working the capstan. Heave the lead - The act of takings soundings using the lead and line. Heave the log - See Stream the log. Heave to - Stop in the water. Heaving - 1 Being sick. 2 Filthy and smelly. Heaving ahead - To move a vessel by heaving on a cable attched to an anchor secured ahead. Heaving alongside - Bringing a vessel to a berth alongside a dock or pier. Heaving down - Tilting a ship for careening, by hauling on tackles attached to the masts. Heaving line – A small line, weighted with a monkey's fist, thrown from a ship to a dockside or other ship, to be used for transferring a heavier rope or cable attached to it. Heaving short - Advancing a vessel by heaving on an anchor cable at short stay, or almost vertical. Heaving tackle - Heavy ropework for lifting and moving. Heavy heave - SMS Heavy press of sail - Drunk. Heavy weather - To make heavy weather of something is seamen's slang for exaggerating a problem. Heck Boat - 17c three-masted cargo ship. Heck means "stern", so term also sometimes applied to the boat suspended on davits at the stern of the ship. Heel - 1. The junction of the keel and the sternpost. 2. The lower end of a topmast, that stands on a fid. 3. To lean over to one side or the other from the effects of the wind, the sea or of shifting cargo. Also heel over. Heel block - (tge) Heel chain - The chain used to hold the heel of the topmast to the lower mast-head. Heel chock - A timber stop bolted on top of the bowsprit to prevent the heel of the jib-boom coming too far inboard. Heeled - Heelers - (Lammermuir was one) Heeling experiment - An operation in which a vessel is deliberately heeled over, in order to verify her ability to right herself. Heeling moment - SMS Heel Jigger - Heel knee - A shaped timber used to connect the keel to the sternpost. Heel over – To lean over to one side or the other from the effects of the wind, the sea or of shifting cargo. Also heel. Heel rope - A rope passed through the heel of a spar, such as a jib-or studding-sail-boom, to haul it into position. Heel Tackle - Heft – 1. Said of a trawl net caught on an underwater snag. 2. The underwater snag. HEIC - The Honourable East India Company. Heidelberg tun – The cavity in a sperm whale’s head that contains the finest sperm oil. Also the case. Height datum – Although soundings on charts are shown as the depth below the lowest water level, the height of navigational objects such as lighthouses and hills are measured from the highest tidal water level. On land, the ordnance datum used to show contour heights, are measured from the mean sea level. Height of tide – The vertical height of water above the chart datum at a particular place and time. Helena - Hell-fire ship - A merchantman with a cruel reputation, which was hard to find crew for. Helm - The tiller. The term also came to include the whole mechanism of the steering gear of a vessel. Each sailor took a turn on merchant ships BDD Helm-a-Lee - See helm's a-lee. Helm amidships – A helm order given when the conner wanted the helm brought back to amidships after it has been put to port or starboard. Also ‘midships’, or ‘right the helm’. Helm orders – The orders given by the person who is conning a vessel. Helm port - The opening in the stern of a ship, through which the rudder stock passes to the helm. Helm port transom - The heavy timber of the helm port. Helm’s a-lee – 1. A helmsman’s answer to the helm order ‘down with the helm’, given by the conner when he wanted the helm pushed down to the lee side to put the vessel about. 2. The call made when a ship goes about. Helmsman – A seaman steering a vessel. In a merchant ship the helmsman was usually a quartermaster. Also wheelman or steersman. Hemp - Hemp cable - SMS Hemp rigging - Hemp Street - "Take a walk up Ladder Lane and down Hemp Street" - Seamen's expression to describe hanging. Hen coop - (tge) Hen frigate - Whaler with a wife on board. Hercules – A heavy trip hammer used to forge anchors. frames. Hawse pipe - A pipe between the hawse hole and the capstan, through which the cable could run. Hawse plug - Hawser – A small cable used to sway up the topmast. Hawser-laid – The term for a three-stranded rope laid right-handed. Hawse timber - The heavy vertical bow timbers through which the hawse holes were cut. Hazard - Dice game Haze - To harass with overwork, or unsuitable work, or to pay practical jokes on. See hazing. Hazel rod fender – A fender made from bundles of hazel rods lashed together. Hazing - Bullying by giving an unofficial punishment in which the offender was kept hard at unnecessary or dirty disagreeable duties. Also, see haze. Hazy - Head - 1. The front or fore part and bows of the ship. 2. Part of mast above trestle tree. 3. The upper part and edge of a sail. Head board - The foremost bulkhead of a vessel. Head boom - Head-Bumping - Sport in which two negroes were made to head-butt each other. Head chute - Head cringle - Head earrings - Ropes with which head of sail is stretched along yard. Head earrings - SMS Headfast - Moored by the head. Head gear - Head hole - SMS Heading – 1. The direction in which a vessel’s head is pointing. Also ship’s head. 2. A heading wind was a bad wind. Head irons - Iron frames attached to the ends of a trawl beam to lift it above the bottom and let the fish enter. Head knee - A knee fitted edgeways to the cutwater and stem, giving the cutwater strength. Headland - Head ledge - A thwartship hatchway coaming. Head line – 1. The line stitched into the upper edge of a flag. 2. The line used to lace a sail-head to its gaff or yard. Head Money - Paid to Prester. Headmost - Used to refer to the ship that is at the front of a fleet or squadron. Head netting - Ornamental network decorating the bulkheads at the bow of a warship. Head pump - Head rails - Head reach - Headreaching - SMS Head rope – The upper rope at the mouth of a trawl net, fitted with floats to keep the net mouth open. Heads - Formerly, a ship's lavatory, comprising a number of seats over holes through the gratings in the bow of the ship, from their original location as a plank across the ship's head, over the leeward bow wave, but the name later applies to any of the crews' lavatories. Head sail – Any sail set on the bowsprit, jibboom and flying jib-boom. Headsails, bonding - SMS Head sea - Sea from coming from ahead. Head sheets – 1. The sheets of jib and fore staysails. 2. The small platform or grating in a boat’s bow. Also bow sheets. Headsticks - Small spars rigged to the top of, usually, fore-and-aft sails, to stop their heads from twisting. Head tide – A contrary tide. Head timber - A timber supporting the gratings in the bow of the ship. Headward - Head water - Head way, headway - A vessel's forward movement through the water. SMS Head wind – A wind blowing from right ahead. Also referred to as dead on end, or wind in the teeth. Head yard, headyard - SMS Heart - A circular or oval block of lignum vitae with a groove around the outside for turning into standing rigging and with the centre cut out to form a bed for lanyards. Used instead of deadeyes to set up fore-and-aft rigging. Man of #,type of dead-eye, #strand Hearth - Heartily - Hearts - (ecr) “Hearts of Oak” – Seamen’s popular patriotic song written, by David Garrick in 1759 to commemorate the victories of that year. Ships’ drummers would beat the rhythm when calling the crew to quarters: Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men; We always are ready, steady boys, steady, We'll fight, and we'll conquer again and again... ." Heart thimble – A wooden or metal thimble with a heart-shaped central hole, circular at one end and tapered at the other. Heart yarns – The inside strands of a rope. Heave - 1. (v) To pull on a rope in a horizontal direction, usually by the rope being turned around a capstan. 2. The rise and fall of the waves. 3. (v) To move violently up and down in heavy seas. Heave and hold – The order given to the hands working a rope to pull hard and hold any gain. Heave & pall (or pawl) - Take in cable around capstan*, preventing run back by engaging pawls. Heave and rally – The order given to the hands working a rope or capstan to heave heartily. Heave astern – To haul a ship sternwards by heaving on an anchor cable or a spring. Heave away – The order given to start working the capstan. Also heave round. Heave Down, to - Turned on one side in order to clean the ship's bottom Heave down - To Careen. Heaver – A wooden lever used to tighten a rope or strop by twisting it. Heave ho - Good riddance. Heave in sight – To become visible. Heave in stays – To come into the wind when tacking. Heavenly body – Any body on the celestial sphere, such as the moon, sun, etc. Also celestial body.
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