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Walk the plank
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[1] formerly, if a sailor was suspected of being drunk, he was required to walk a straight line along one of the quarterdeck planks. [2] a piratical method of execution that is supposedly intended to appear self-inflicted and absolve the pirate from murder charges. the victim is compelled to walk, bound and blindfolded, along a plank projecting over the ship’s side, which overbalances to tip him into the sea and drown. this seems to have been a 19th century fiction, with only two authentic cases
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Quarterdeck, английский
- The aftermost deck of a warship. in the age of sail, the quarterdeck was the preserve of the ship`s officers.
- [1] when decks were in tiers, a halfdeck was half the length of the vessel, and the quarter- deck was half of that. [2] formerly, a deck above the main deck on the after part of the ship, containing helm and compass, used by captain and officers to control a sailing warship. the weather side was traditionally reserved for the captain when on deck; other officers were free to use it while he was below, but scurried to clear it as soon as he appeared. if there was no weather side, the captain took the starboard. [3] nowadays, a warship’s quarters are frequently cluttered with aaa guns, depth charge racks and other paraphernalia, so the quarterdeck is that part of the main or upper deck designated by the captain for official functions, honors, and ceremonies, and as the station of the officer-of-the-deck. it is usually, but not necessarily, aft near the principal accommodation ladder or brow. [4] the quarterdeck has immense ritual significance to naval seamen—see salutes and courtesies.
Projecting, английский
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Ever being recorded, английский
(a) the times of 23rd july 1829 reported that dutch brig vhan fredericka had been boarded by pirates who pinioned and blindfolded the crew, tied shot to their feet, and forced them into the sea; (b) the second, which occurred on the hudson river in the 1860s, was a copycat event based on fictional accounts read by “sadie-the-goat,” who described herself as “a blinkin’ pirate queen.”
Walk the netting, английский
As punishment for having missed muster, a sailing ship sailor would have to pace along the netting of the weather gangway in the wet and cold of the night.
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