Appendix I Glossary-Cont.

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BOOM—A spar used for hoisting loads; usually movable. BOOT TOPPING—Black paint applied to a ship’s sides along the waterline. BOW—The forward end of a ship or boat. BOW HOOK—Member of a boat’s crew whose station is forward. BREAK OFF—To walk away with a line or run a line in; let go, return to the point from which the line is being hauled; take a new hold, and walk away again. BREAK OUT—To bring out supplies or equipment from a storage space. BREAST LINE—Mooring line leading from the ship to the pier at right angles to the ship. BRIDGE—Area in the superstructure from which a ship is operated. See CONN. BRIDLE—A span of rope, chain, or wire with both ends secured and the strain taken on the midpart. BRIG—Naval term for jail. BROACH TO—To get crosswise (without power) to the direction of wave travel; particularly dangerous near a beach. BROAD—Wide, as broad in the beam. BROAD ON THE BOW—Halfway between dead ahead and abeam. BROAD ON THE QUARTER—Halfway between abeam and astern. BROADSIDE—(1) The act of firing all main battery guns to one side at once. (2) Sidewise, as “The current carried the ship broadside toward the beach.” Broadside to is to have the side toward something, as “The ship hit the pier broadside to.” BROW—Navy term for gangplank. Used as a crosswalk from one ship to another and from a ship to a pier. BULKHEAD—A vertical partition in a ship; never called a wall. BULKHEADING—Complaining or grumbling with the intention of being overheard by seniors. BULWARK—Solid barrier along the edges of the weather deck that serves as a protection against the weather. BUOY —An anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object. C A B I N — L i v i n g c o m p a r t m e n t o f a s h i p ’s commanding officer. CABLE—A line, wire, or chain that connects a ship to its anchor. CAISSON—Gate at the end of a drydock that keeps out the water. CALL—(1) The boatswain’s pipe. (2) A signal sounded on the boatswain’s pipe. CAMEL—Large float or rectangular structure used as a fender between a ship and the pier. CAN BUOY—A navigational buoy, cylindrical in shape, that marks the port side of a channel from seaward; odd-numbered and painted green. CANOPY—A cover fitted over part of a boat. CAPSTAN—The part of a vertical shaft windlass around which a working line is passed; used for heaving in anchors and hawsers. CARRICK BEND—A knot used for joining two lines. The single carrick bend isn’t often used because it jams tight; instead, a double carrick bend is used, particularly for bending towing hawsers together. CARRY AWAY—To break loose, as “The rough seas carried away the lifelines.” CAULK—The act of stuffing the seams between wooden planking with oakum for watertightness. CHAFING GEAR—Material used to protect lines from excessive wear. CHAIN LOCKER—Spaces where anchor chain is stowed. CHAIN MARKINGS—A series of turns of wire and stripes of paint on certain links of each anchor chain. They show the scope or amount of chain that has run out. CHAINS—Area (a platform on large ships) where the leadsman stands when taking soundings with the hand lead. AI-3

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