athwartships
21Spanish battleship España (1912) — España was a Spanish dreadnought type battleship, lead ship of the España class. They were the first, and last, dreadnoughts built in Spain. [ Alcoirazado España , Galego Wikipedia.] Her sister ship, Alfonso XIII , was renamed España in… …
22Oil tanker — Supertanker redirects here. For the aerial firefighting aircraft, see Evergreen 747 Supertanker. The commercial oil tanker AbQaiq, in ballast Class overview Name …
2301 level — is the term used in naval services to refer to the deck above the main deck. The next higher decks are referred to in increasing the number to the 02 level, the 03 level, and so on. Although these are formally called decks, they are usually… …
24boat — boatable, adj. boatless, adj. /boht/, n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 2. a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. 3 …
25brace — /brays/, n., v., braced, bracing. n. 1. something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp. 2. anything that imparts rigidity or steadiness. 3. Also called bitbrace, bitstock. Mach. a device for holding and turning a bit for… …
26deperm — /dee perrm /, v.t. Naut. to reduce the permanent magnetism of (a vessel) by wrapping an electric cable around it vertically athwartships and energizing the cable. Cf. degauss. [1945 50; DE + PERM(ANENT)] * * * …
27square sail — Naut. a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships. See diag. under sail. [1590 1600] * * * simplest form of rigging and the most ancient. The sails are attached… …
28transom — transomed, adj. /tran seuhm/, n. 1. a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it. 2. Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece. 3. a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window… …
29square sail — noun A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships …
30burton — noun a) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship. b) Storage of cargo athwartships …
