BAUDET, a sawyer’s frame, horse, or tresle.
BAUQUIERES, the clamps, or inner planks, by which the beams of a ship rest upon her sides.
BAYE, a bay, or bight.
BAYES, orBaies,d’un vaisseaux, the holes in the deck through which the masts are let down, called also the partners.
BEAUPRÉ, the bowsprit. Whence
PetitBeaupré, the jib-boom, or sprit-sail top-mast.
Beauprésur pouppe, close behind; spoken of one ship which is so near to the stern of another, in chase or otherwise, that the bowsprit of the former hangs over the stern of the latter.
BECde corbin, a caulker’s sharp iron, or instrument, with which he cuts the old oakum out of a seam.
BÉLANDRE, a small vessel, carrying about eighty tons, and usually navigated by three or four men. This is nowise like the English bilander.
BELLE, the main-deck, or waist. SeeEmbelle.
BERCEAUX. SeeBigot.
BERCHE. SeeBarces.
BERGE, a bold shore; also an artificial mound, or rampire, on the banks of a river, to prevent it from overflowing.
BERNE, a waft of the ensign.
Mettre le pavillon enBerne, to hoist the ensign with a waft.
BESSON, the arching or convexity of the beams and decks. SeeTonture.
BESTION, the head, or ornamental figure, on the prow of a ship.
BIDON, orCanette, a cann.
BIGOTS, the ribs of a parrel. SeeRacage.
BIGUES, certain props, or shoars, let into the ports of a ship, to bear her up when she rests upon the ground; also the masts of a sheer-hulk.
BILLE, the beckets of the tacks and sheets.
BILLER, to fasten a rope to a boom, in order to ride or tow a boat.
BILLOTS, dead-wood, or short pieces of timber laid upon the keel, between the crotches, afore and abaft. SeeContre-quille.
BISCUIT, biscuit, sea-bread.
BISE,vent de nord-nord-est, the north-north-east wind.
BISTORD, spun-yarn.
Bistordde trois fils, three-yarn spun-yarn.
BITTES, the bits. Whence
BITTERle cable, to bit the cable.
BITTON, a post fixed on a wharf, or pier, whereon to fasten a cable.
BITTONS, orTaquets, the top sail-sheet bits.
BITTURE, a range of the cable drawn upon the deck, ready for bitting.
BLEU, a temporary or acting officer, who performs the duty of another while sick or absent.
BLIN, a machine used to drive the wedges under a ship’s bottom, when she is to be launched.
BLOCQUER, orBloquer. SeePlocquer.
BOIS, wood or timber.
BOITEdu gouvernail, the rudder-case, or the box placed above the rudder-head, upon deck, through which the tiller passes.
BOMBARDE, a bomb-vessel, a ketch.
BOMBÉ, incurvated; an epithet given by shipwrights to crooked timber, fit for knees, crotches, or standards.
BOMERIE, bottomry.
BON-FRAIS, a fresh of wind, or fresh gale.
BONNACE, calm weather, with a smooth sea.
BONNEde nage, swift of rowing, a fine rower.
Bonne-voglie, a volunteer-rower in the gallies.
BONNEAU, a buoy. SeeBouéeandOrin.
BONNETTE, the bonnet of a sail.
Bonnettelardée. a bag or basket charged with cinders, ashes, and chopped oakum, to be used in the act ofFothering, which see.
Lasser laBonnette, to fasten the bonnet of a sail to its principal part.
BONNETTES,en étui, a general name for all studding-sails.
BON-TOUR, a favourable swing or turn; expressed of a ship when she keeps her hawse clear by winding the right way.
BORD, board, or aboard.
Renverser,tourner,changer leBord, to veer or tack.
Rendre leBord, to anchor, to come to an anchor.
Bordà bord, along-side; spoken of two ships lying near to each other.
Bordallongé, orqui allonge, a-long board; understood of a vessel plying to windward.
Bordà terre,Bordau large, standing in, or off, shore.
Bordde la mer, the sea-coast or shore.
Bordsur bord, tack for tack, hank for hank.
Faire unBord, to make a tack.
BonBord, a good board.
Courir mêmeBordque l’ennemi, to stand on the same tack with the enemy.
BORDAGE, the planks of a ship’s side. Hence
FrancBordage, the outside planks.
BORDAGESde fond, the planks of the bottom or floor.
Bordagespour recouvrir les ponts, the planks of the decks.
BORDAYER, to advance to windward by boards, or by tacking.
BORDEau vent, &Bordesous le vent, haul aft the sheets.
BORDÉE, a board or tack; also a watch of part of the crew.
Faire la grandeBordée, to set a watch of half the ship’s crew, when in any dangerous road, usually called the sea-watch.
Faire la petiteBordée, to set the quarter-watch.
Bordéede canon, all the guns on one side of a ship, usually called a broadside.
Envoyer uneBordée,donner laBordée, to fire the broadside into an enemy.
BORDER, to plank a ship, or lay on her outside planks; also to stand towards, examine, or observe the motions of an enemy at sea.
Border& brasser au vent, to trim the sails by the wind.
Borderà quein, to plank a ship with clench-work, or plank over plank.
Borderen louvelle, to lay on the planks level, or with their surfaces even.
Borderl’artimon, to haul the mizen-sheet flat aft, or close aft.
Borderles avirons, to ship the oars ready for rowing.
Borderles écoutes arrieres, to haul aft both sheets of a sail, for going afore the wind.
Borderles écoutes tout plat, to tally the sheets flat aft.
Borderun vaisseau, to board or enter a ship, either in a hostile or friendly manner.
Borderune voile, to trim a sail by the tacks and sheets.
BORDIER, lap-sided; expressed of a ship stronger on one side than the other.
BORÉAL,ventBoreal, the northern wind.
BORNAGER, a method of shoving a great boat off from the shore, in a river, by fixing one end of the setting-pole against her side, whilst the other bears upon the ground.
BOSPHORE, a streight, or narrow channel; as the Thracian Bosphorus.
BOSSAGE, a name given by shipwrights to crooked timber, fit for knees, &c.
BOSSE, a powder-flask, used by privateers, in naval engagements.
Serre-Bosse, the shank-painter.
BOSSEMAN,second contre maître, the boatswain’s mate.
BOSSERl’ancre, to cat the anchor; also to stow the anchor. SeeCaponner.
Bosserle cable, to stopper the cable. From
BOSSESà aiguilettes, orà rubans, stoppers of the cable.
Bosses, stoppers of the shrouds or stays.
Bossesde chaloupe, orde canot, the boat’s painter or mooring-rope.
Bossedu bossoir, orde lout, the anchor-stoppers at the cat-head.
BOSSOIRS, the cat heads of a ship.
BOT, a boat, of several kinds. Whence
Paque-Bot, pacquet-boat, the packet, or packet-boat.
BOUCHE, the mouth of a river.Bouchautis also sometimes used in this sense.
Bouchede canon, the bore or calibre of a piece of ordnance.
BOUCHIN, the extreme breadth of a ship, from outside to outside.
BOUCHONd’etoupe, de foin, ou de paille, the wad of a cannon, formed of oakum, hay, &c.
BOUCHOTS, a penn, or place enclosed by hurdles, for fishing on the sea-coast.
BOUCLE, shackles or bilboes.
Mettre un matelot sousBoucle, to confine a sailor, or put him in irons.
Un portBouclé, a harbour which is land-locked.
BOUDINUREde l’arganeau, the puddening of the anchor. SeeEmbodinure.
BOUÉE, a buoy.
Bouéede bout de mât, a wooden buoy, formed of an end of a mast.
Bouéede barril, a cann-buoy, or nun-buoy.
BOUGE, incurvated; spoken of a piece of timber; also of the rounding or convexity of the decks and beams. SeeTonture.
BOUILLAR, a squall, a cloud charged with wind and rain.
BOUILLONEMENT, the rippling of a river, as it is discharged into the ocean.
BOULETS, balls or bullets of a cannon. Whence
Bouletsrouge, red-hot bullets.Bouletsà chaîne, chain-shot.Bouletsà branches, orà deux têtes, bar or double-headed shot.
BOULIER, a sort of fishing-net.
BOULINE, the bowline.Boulinede la grand voile, the main bowline.
Boulinede revers, the lee bowline.
Faire courir laBouline, to run the gauntlope.
BOULINER. SeeAllerà la bouline.
BOULINGUE, the royal-sail.
BOULINIER, a ship that sails close-hauled. HencebonBouliniersignifies a ship that plies well to windward.
BOULON, an iron bolt. SeeCheville.
Boulonsd’afut, the bolts of the gun-carriages.
BOUQUE, an entrance or channel between islands or in narrow seas.
BOUQUETS, the fore-thwarts or fore-sheets of a boat.
BOURCERun voile, to carry a sail clewed up, or hauled up in the brails. SeeCarguer.
BOURCET, a name given to the fore-sail and fore-mast of small vessels in the English Channel.
BOURGEOIS, the proprietor or owner of a ship.
Bourgeoisis also the person who bargains with a shipwright to build a ship, called the contractor or ship’s husband.
BOURGUIGNON, an island of ice.
BOURRASQUE, a violent squall of wind.
BOURRE, the wadding of a charge in artillery.
BOURRELET, orBourlet, the puddenings of the yards.
Bourreletde canon, the muzzle-ring of a piece of cannon.
BOURSE, orBource, the exchange, or place of resort for merchants, mariners, &c. in a commercial sea-port.
BOUSSOLE,Compasde route, orCadrande mer, the sea compass.
Boussoleaffolée, an erroneous or defective compass. SeeAffolée.
Boussolede cadran, an horizontal dial, with a magnetical needle.
BOUTde beaupré, a boom used for a bowsprit in small vessels.
Boutde corde, a rope’s end, a short piece of rope.
Boutsde cable, pieces of junk, or old cable.
Boutsde corde, a cat of nine tails, scourge, or rope’s end for punishment.
Boutde vergue, the yard-arm, but more particularly that part of it which reaches beyond the upper corners of its respective sail, to extend the reef.
BOUTE-DEHORS, the studding-sail booms: this name is also given to a small mast erected in the tops, to hoist up and fix the caps on the mast-heads.
Boute-dehorsis likewise a boom to push off some ship which is near, or which approaches for any hostile purpose, as to board, &c.
Boutede lof, orBoute-lof, the bumkin, or boom of the fore tack.
Boute-feu, a lint-stock; also the name of an officer who is appointed to fire the cannon.
Boute-lof.SeeBoutede lof.
Boutele cable au cabestan & vire l’ancre, bring the cable to the capstern, or bring-to the cable, and heave to the anchor.
BOUTEILLES, the quarter-badges of a ship. SeeBalcon.
Bouteillesde callebasse, bundles of buoyant rushes, used in the exercise of learning to swim.
BOUTER, to bear off, to push, to join, &c.
Bouterà l’eau, to launch into the water, to put to sea.
Bouterau large, to stand out into the offing.
Bouterde lof, to haul the wind, to trim sharp.
BOUTES, large casks, which hold fresh water for the use of a sea-voyage.
BOUTEUX, orBoutde quevre, a sort of fishing rod.
BOUTONNERla bonette, to lash on the bonnets. SeeBonnette.
BOUVET, a sort of plane used by shipwrights to form a small groove.
BOYE, SeeBouéeorBalise.
BOYER, a kind of Dutch sloop.
BRAGUE, the breeching of a cannon used at sea.
BRAI, pitch. Hencebraier un vaisseau, to pay the seams of a ship with hot melted pitch, after they are caulked with oakum. It is sometimes mixed with other compositions, to nourish the timber, and is then calledBraigras.
BRANCHEde ciprès, beaconage; a small duty paid by shipping in France, for keeping the beacons in repair.
Branchesuperieure d’une courbe, the upper part of a knee.
Branched’embas, the lower arm of a knee or standard.
BRANLE, a hammock.
Tendre lesBranles, to sling the hammocks.
Branlebas, orfortBranle, the order to lash and take down all the hammocks between decks, in order to prepare for engagement, or otherwise to clear the ship.
BRAS, the brace of a yard.
Tenir unBras, to haul in and fasten the brace.
BonBras, braced to a large wind, braced in.
Brasde revers, the lee brace.
Bras, orBranchesd’ancre, the anchor-arms.
BRASSE, a fathom, or measure of six feet.
BRASSEIAGE, the quarters of a yard.
Brasserà faire porter, orà faire servirto fill the sails after they have been braced a back.
Brasserau vent, to brace the sails in, to haul in the weather braces.
Brasserles voiles sur le mât, to brace the sails a-back, or lay the sails to the mast. This is also calledBrasserà contre. SeeCoeffer.
Brassersous le vent, to brace to leeward, to brace up.
BRAYES, the tarred canvas coats of the mast.
BREDINDIN, a small stay-tackle, or burton, affixed to the main-stay.
BREF, a sort of warrant or commission from the state, allowing a ship to purchase provisions, conducting her safe on the coast, and exempting her from other duties.
BREGIN, a sort of fishing-net, with very small meshes, used in the Mediterranean.
BREQUIN, orVille-Brequin, a shipwright’s wimble to bore wood.
BRESSIN, the jears or haliards of a yard or sail; also a tackle-hook. SeePalan.
BREVET,Connoissement,Policede chargement, a bill of lading.
Brevetd’officier, the commission or warrant of an officer.
BREUILLER. SeeCarguer.
BREUILS. SeeCargues,Martinets, andGarcettes.
BRIDERl´ancre, to bridle the anchor[59].
BRIEUX, a term used in Brittany to express the salutation of striking the flag, or topsails, to an admiral, &c. Also a duty paid for entering a harbour.
BRIGANTIN, a small light vessel, navigated by oars and sails; but differing extremely from the vessel known in England by the name of brig or brigantine.
BRIMBALE, the brake or handle of a ship’s pump.
BRION, the fore-foot, placed at the extremity of the keel forward.
BRIS, a duty formerly paid to the lord of the coast, by those who suffered shipwreck thereon. This unjust exaction is now totally abolished. SeeDebris.
BRISANT, orBrisans, a shelf or ridge of rocks nearly level with the surface of the water, and distinguished by the breakers, or waves that burst over it; also the breakers themselves.
BRISE, a fresh gale or breeze; the trade-winds, or sea-breezes between the tropics.
Brisecarabinée, a violent wind or squall.
BRISER, to split, or dash forcibly against a rock or shelf; expressed of a ship when she is stranded.
BRISES, the land-winds which blow during the night in the West Indies, &c.
BROCHETER, to give the scantlings of the several members or pieces of a ship’s frame.
BROU, the bark of the cocoa, of which the Indians form the cordage used in their shipping,
BRUINE, small drizzling rain.
BRULOT, a fire ship.
BRUME, a mist or fog at sea.
TemsEmbrumé, orcouvert de brouillard, thick misty weather.
BUCENTAURE, a sort of galley used by the state of Venice, when the doge performs the annual ceremony of espousing the sea.
BUCHE, a herring-buss, or small fly-boat used in the herring-fishery.
BULLETIN, a certificate given to sea-officers and sailors, when they are registered in a port, to testify their qualities, age, privileges, and time of service.
BURINS. SeeTappes.
BUTIN, the pillage or plunder of a prize taken from an enemy.
CABANE, a flat-bottomed passage-boat, with a deck, navigated on the river Loire.
CABANES, the cabins or apartments wherein the officers and sailors sleep or mess aboard a ship. SeeTeugue.
CABESTAN, the capstern or crab of a ship.
Virer auCabestan, to heave the capstern round with bars.
CABILLOT, a toggel; also a wooden pin for belaying ropes.
CABLE, the cable; also a measure of 120 fathoms, called by the English seamen a cable’s length.
Cableà pic, the situation of the cable when the ship is close a-peek on her anchor.
Cablede touei, a stream-cable, or large hauser.
Cabletourné, orqui à un tour, ordemi-tour, a foul hause, a cross or elbow in the hause.
Bitter leCable, to bit the cable, or clap it on the bits. SeeBitter.
Couper, ortailler leCable, to cut the cable in the hause.
Donner leCableà un vaisseau, to give a cable’s end to another ship; to take a ship in tow at sea.
Filer duCable, to slack out or veer away the cable. SeeFiler.
Laisser trainer unCablesur le sillage du vaisseau, to drag a cable in the ship’s wake in order to prevent her sailing swiftly, when she is chased by a vessel of inferior force, which is decoyed by this stratagem within reach of her cannon.
Lover unCable, to coil a cable.
CABLEAU, the painter, or mooring-rope of a boat.
CABLER, to make large ropes or cables.
CABOTAGE, the art of a coasting-pilot; as the knowledge of the shore, the tides, ports, rivers, capes, soundings, &c. on any particular coast.
CABOTER, to coast, or sail along the shore between cape and cape.
CABOTIERE, a large flat-bottomed lighter, with a long rudder.
CABRE, sheers, a machine resembling the sheers of a ship, used to heave up pieces of timber on the wharf of a river.
CABRIONS, certain wedges fixed under the train of a gun-carriage, to secure the cannon when the sea is very high.
CADENE, a chain by which a galley-slave is confined to his oar.
CADENESde hauban, the chains of the shrouds, the chain-plates.
CADRE, a bed frame, resembling the frame of a cott, wherein the sea-officers sleep: these are usually bottomed with small cords by the French, and slung by the corners without a cott.
CAGE. SeeHune.
CAGOUILLE, a sort of volute or ornament on the extremity of the prow of polacres, xebecs, tartans, &c.
CAIC, the yawl or skiff of a galley; also a small Polish vessel, navigated in the Black Sea.
CAIES, a ridge of rocks, or sand-banks; called in the West indies, keys.
CAILLEBOTIS, the gratings of the hatches.
CAJOLER, to ply to windward with the tide, to work by short tacks.
CAISSEde poulie. SeeArcasseandMouffle.
CAJUTES, the cabins which are ranged along the inside of a ship, to sleep in.
CALANGE, orCale, a small harbour behind a hill, or rising ground, on the sea-coast.
CALCETS, the cheeks or hounds of the mast, which support the brazen blocks in a galley.
CALE, the hold of a ship; also a sloping or shelving on the sea-coast; likewise the lead of a fishing-line used to sink the bait.
Donner laCale, to duck or plunge an offender from the yard-arm into the sea, by way of punishment.
Donner la grandCale, to keel-haul; a punishment peculiar to the Dutch.
CALE-BAS, a down-haul, or down-haul tackle.
CALE-HAUBAN, a breast back-stay for the top-mast or top-gallant-mast.
CALER, to sink down in the water; also to founder at sea.
Calerles voiles. SeeAmener.
Caleralso signifies to quoin or wedge up any thing.
CALE-TOUT, let go amain, or at once.
CALFAS, or ratherCalfat, caulking.
CALFAT, orCalfateur, a caulker.
Calfatalso signifies a caulking-iron.Calfatdouble, a making-iron.
CALFATER, to caulk a ship or boat.
CALFATIN, a caulker’s boy, who spins or twists his oakum.
CALIBRE, the bore of a cannon or other fire-arm, or the diameter of a cannon-ball.
Calibrede vaisseau, the model of a ship.
CALIORNE, a winding-tackle; a tackle formed by a rope passing through two three-fold blocks.
CALME, calm, a cessation of wind.
Calmetout plat, a dead calm, or a flat calm. Whence
CALMER, to become calm.
CAMBRER, to bend the planks or boards of a ship to their proper curve, by stoves, &c.
CAMPAGNEsur mer, a voyage, a cruise at sea for a season, or limited space of time.
CANAL, a canal, streight, or channel.
Canalde l’étrave, the concavity in the top of the stem, wherein the bowsprit rests.
Canal, orCreuxautour d’un poulie, the hole in a block between the shell and the sheave, through which the rope passes.
CANDELETTE, orBossede bossoir, the cat tackle and hook. SeeCapion.
CANEFAS, orCanevas, canvas or sail-cloth. SeeToile.
CANON, a cannon or piece of ordnance.
Canonà la serre, a gun housed athwart, with the top of its muzzle bearing against the upper edge of the port.
Canonalongé contre le bord, a gun housed lengthways, close to the ship’s side, abreast of its own port.
Canonaux sabords, a gun levelled to the point-blank range.
Canonde coursier, the bow-chase of a row-galley.
Canondemare, a cannon drawn in to be charged.
Canondétape, a cannon with its tompion taken out.
Canonmoindre, a cannon whose calibre is not proportioned to the thickness of the metal.
Canonrenforcé, a cannon whose breech is reinforced, i. e. thicker than the calibre, which is the usual dimension.
CANONNER, to cannonade, to fire a broadside.
CANONNIERde vaisseau, the gunner of a ship.
Second maîtreCanonnier, the gunner’s mate.
CANONNIERS, the quarter-gunners or artillery-men of a ship.
CANOT, a ship’s boat, cutter, or yawl.
Canotde bois, a canoe.
Canotjaloux, a crank boat.
CANOTS, Indian canoes of various kinds.
CANTANETTES, the light-ports in the stern of a galley.
CANTIBAI, a name given by shipwrights to timber which is full of cracks, &c.
CANTIMORON. SeeCatimoron.
CAP, the head or prow of a ship.
Porter leCapsur l’ennemi, to bear towards the enemy.
Ou as-tu leCap? how is the head? how does the ship wind?
Cap, a cape, head-land, or promontory.
Doubler leCap, to double, or sail round, a cape.
Capde more. SeeChouquet.
Capde mouton, the dead-eye of a shroud or stay.
Capde mouton à croc, an iron-bound dead-eye, with a hook.
Capde mouton de martinet, the dead-eye of a crow-foot. SeeTrelingage.
CAPACITÉd’un vaisseau, the burthen of a ship.
CAPE, orGrand Pacfi, the mainsail.
Etre à laCape, to lie-by under the main-sail, or some other of the courses.
CAPÉER,Capier, orCapeyer,aller à la cape,mettre le vaisseau à la cape, to lie under the mainsail when all the other sails are furled.
CAPELERles haubans, to fix the shrouds on the mast-head.
CAPION, the stern-post of a galley. SeeRode.
Capionde proue, the stem of a galley.
Capionà capion, from stem to stern.
CAPITAINEd’un vaisseau de guerre, the captain of a ship of war.
Capitained’armes, a captain of marines.
Capitainede frégate legére,de brulot,de galiote, a master and commander.
Capitainedu hautbord, the captain of a ship of the line.
Capitainede ports, the commandant of a detachment of marines, appointed to guard a dock-yard, and the shipping in the harbour.
Capitainedes matelots, an officer resembling our captain of the fore-castle.
Capitaineen second, the second captain, or first lieutenant, of a ship of war.
Capitainegarde-côte, a captain of the militia appointed to guard the coasts.
CAPITANE, orCapitainesse, a name formerly given to the principal galley of France.
CAPLANIER, a cod-fisher, a vessel appointed to fish and cure cod; also the men employed in this service.
CAPON, the cat-tackle.
CAPONNE, the order to cat the anchor.
CAPONNERl’ancre, to cat or draw up the anchor to the cat-head.
CAPOSER, to bring a ship to, with her helm a-lee.
FaireCAPOT, to cant, over-set, or turn topsy-turvy.
CAPRE, a vessel of war, or armed ship.
CAQUEde poudre, a powder-cask; also a herring-barrel, whence
CAQUEURS, sailors appointed to cure and barrel the herring.
CARACORE, an Indian vessel, peculiar to the island of Borneo.
CARAMOUSSAL, orCaramoussail, a merchant-ship of Turky, constructed with a very high stern.
CARAQUE, a name given by the Portuguese to ships employed in the Brazil and the East Indian trade.
CARAVELLE, a small square-sterned Portuguese vessel, navigated with lateen sails; and esteemed very expeditious, and therefore used in business that requires dispatch.
CARCASSE, the carcase or ribs of a ship before the planks are laid on, or after they are ripped off.
CARENAGE, a careening wharf.
CARENE, the outside of a ship’s bottom. This word is sometimes used for the keel.
Careneentier, to heave down a ship keel-out.
DemieCarene, a parliament-heel, or boot-topping.
CARENER,donner la carene à un vaisseau, to careen or heave down a ship with careening tackles to a wharf or pontoon.
CARGADOR, the person who procures a freight or voyage for a merchant-ship.
CARGAISON, the cargo, or articles of a ship’s lading.
CARGUEà veu, a slab-line.
CARGUER, to clue up a sail, or haul it up in the brails.
Carguerl’artimon, to brail up the mizen.
Carguerle point de la voile qui est sous le vent, to haul up the lee-clue-garnet, or goose-wing of a sail.
CARGUES, a general name for the brails of a sail, comprehending the clue-lines, bunt-lines, leech-lines, &c.
Carguesd’artimon, the brails of the mizen.
Mettre les basses voiles sur lesCargues, to haul up the courses, or haul the courses up in the brails.
Mettre les huniers sur lesCargues, to clue up the top-sails.
Carguesbouline, the leech-lines.
Carguesde fond, the bunt-lines.
Carguesde hune. SeeRetraitede hune.
Carguesdessous le vent, the lee-brails,&c.
Carguesdu vent, the brails to windward, or weather-brails.
Carguespoint, the clue-garnets, or clue-lines.
CARGUEUR, the top-block of a top-gallant-mast.
CARLINGUE,contre-quille, the kelson.
Carlinguede cabestan, the step of the capstern.
Carlinguede pied de mât, the step of the mast, with its block.
CARNAU, the lateen fore-sail of a settee or polacre.
CARREAU. SeeLissede platbord.
CARTAHU, girt-line, or gurt-line.
CARTEmarine, a chart or map of the sea, representing its banks, rocks, shoals, bays, havens, &c.
Carteplate, orau point commun, the plain chart.
CARTON, a book containing a collection of charts in folio.
CARTOUCHE, a cartridge to contain a charge of powder for a cannon or other fire-arm.
CATARACTES, water-falls.
CATIMARON, a catamaran, or Indian raft.
CATURS, armed vessels of Bantam.
CAYES, keys, or chains of rocks, nearly even with the surface of the sea.
CEDRE,bois deCedre, cedar-wood, which is excellent for ship-building.
CEINTES, a name formerly given to the wales. SeePerceintesandLisses.
CENTREde pesanteur, the center of gravity.
CERCLEd’étambraie, orde cabestan, an iron hoop that lines the hole of the deck, within which the capstern turns upon its spindle.
CERCLESde boute-hors, the studding-sail boom-irons.
Cerclesde hune, the top-rails, which formerly surrounded the tops, when circular.
Cerclesde pompe, the iron hoops fixed on the top of the pump, to strengthen it.
CHABLEAU, a tow-line, a large warp.
CHABLEUR, a water-officer, who has the care of the wherries.
CHAINESde chaudiere, the chains of the copper, or kettle, which boils victuals in the cobose, for the ship’s crew.
Chaînesde port, the boom or chain of a harbour. SeeBarre.
Chaînesde vergues, the top-chains.
CHALAND, orBac, a sort of lighter used on the Loire.
CHALINGUE, a light high-built Indian vessel, formed without nails.
CHANDELIERde fanal, the iron brace, or crank, with its stool, which supports the poop-lanthorn.
Chandelierde pierrier, the iron crutch of a swivel gun; also the wooden stock, hooped with iron, in whose socket it rests, and is turned.
CHANDELIERSde chaloupe, the crutches of a boat, which sustain the main-boom, or the mast and sail, when they are lowered, for the conveniency of rowing.
Chandeliersd’écbelle, the stancheons which support the entering ropes at the gangway.
Chandeliersde lisses, the iron crutches, or double stanchions, of the quarters, &c. fixed in a vessel of war, to extend the double nettings. SeeFilaret.
Chandeliers,de petite batiments, the crutches on the stern or quarter of a boom-sail vessel. SeeChandeliersde chaloupe.
CHANGER, in a naval sense, generally implies to tack, shift, or relieve.
Changerde bord, to tack or veer. SeeVirerde bord.
Changerl’artimon, to shift over the mizen to the other side.
Changerle quart, to change or relieve the watch.
Changerles voiles, to shift the sails, to brace about, to jibe.
Changerles voiles d’avant, & les mettre sur le mât, to brace the head-sails to the wind, to lay the head-sails to the mast.
CHANTIER, the stocks upon which a ship is laid down to be built.
Chantier, orAttelier, also signifies a shipwright’s yard or wharf.
CHANVRE, hemp employed to make the sails and cordage of a ship.
CHAPE, the inner box of a sea-compass.
CHAPEAUde maître, a gratuity or due, required by the master of a ship for each ton of goods which his vessel carries.
CHAPELLE, the chapelling of a ship, or suffering her to be taken aback, so that she cannot recover her course till she has gone quite round. This seldom happens, unless when the vessel is close-hauled in light winds, and is usually occasioned by the negligence of the steersman.
Faire, orprendreChapelle, to build a chapel at sea, or chapel a ship.
CHARGE, the cargo, burthen, or lading of a ship. This is also calledchargement.
EtreChargéâ la côte, to be upon, or near a lee-shore.
CHARGEOIR, orlanterne à charger, a gunner’s ladle.
CHARGER, to load a ship, or take in her cargo.
Chargeren grenier, to load a ship in bulk.
Chargerla pompe, to fetch the pump.
CHARGEUR-MARCHAND, orMarchand-chargeur, the merchant who loads a ship, or freights her to convey a cargo to some distant place.
CHARNIER, a scuttled cask, to contain water for the ship’s crew to drink on the deck.
CHAROI. SeeCharroi.
CHARPENTIERde navire, a shipwright; also the carpenter of a ship.
CHARTE-PARTIE, a charter-party, or compact made between the owner of a ship and the merchant, or contractor, who hires her for a limited time; also a convention made by a company of merchants who trade together.
CHASSE, a chase at sea, or flight of one vessel from another who pursues her.
PrendreChasse, to stand away from, to fly from.
DonnerChasse, orChasser, to give chase, to pursue.
SoutenirChasse, to make a running fight, to fight in retreat.
Chassede proue, the head-chase, or bow-chase. SeePiecede chasse.
CHASSERsur son ancre, to drag the anchor, to bring the anchor home.
CHAT, a cat; a ship so called.
CHATEAU, a general name for the fore-castle and quarter-deck of a deep-waisted vessel.