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Matchlock
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
- A musket fired with a match fixed on the cock opening the pan; long out of use, except in china and some parts of india.
- This was the first mechanism for igniting the charge of a hand-held firearm. by automatically lowering a lighted match into the flash pan, it allowed the firer to grip the weapon with both hands and keep both eyes on the target. the device originated in china early in the 14th century and spread westward. by mid–15th century it had reached europe via ottoman turkey. then, during the 16th century, portuguese mariners introduced it to india and japan. it was progressively replaced by wheellock, snaphance, and flintlock.
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Automatically, английский
Portuguese, английский
A gold coin, value ?1, 16_s., called also moiadobras.
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Mate of, английский
Merchant-ship. the officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (see chief mate or officer.) there are first, second, third, and fourth mates.
Masulah or massoolah boats, английский
Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wadding of coir or straw, which presses on the joints, and prevents much leakage. the vessel is thus rendered pliable, and yields to the shock on taking the ground in the surf, which at times runs from 10 to 16 feet high. they are rowed by twelve men, in double banks, with oars formed by an oval piece of board lashed to the end of a rough piece of wood. they are guided by one man with a long steer-oar, who stamps and yells with excitement as he urges the men to pull when a rolling surf is coming up astern. these boats are from 30 to 35 feet in length, 10 to 11 feet in breadth, and 7 to 8 feet in depth.
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