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Spanish bowline
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A knot with two loops into which a person can put their legs to be swayed between two ships or hauled up a mast.
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Bowline, английский
- A knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line.
- A type of knot, producing a strong loop of a fixed size, topologically similar to a sheet bend. also a rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow (for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady).
- Булинь
- Беседочный узел
- A knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can be easily untied.
- Беседочный узел; булинь
- A rope leading forward which is fastened to a space connected by bridles to cringles on the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails: it is used to keep the weather-edge of the sail tight forward and steady when the ship is close hauled to the wind; and which, indeed, being hauled taut, enables the ship to come nearer to the wind. hence the ship sails on a bowline, or stands on a taut bowline.—to check or come up a bowline is to slacken it when the wind becomes large or free.—to sharp or set taut a
- [1] a knot which neither jambs nor slips (pronounced bo-lin). not to be confused with bowline (bau-line). [2] a rope made fast to the weather leech of a square-sail to keep it as flat as possible when close-hauled. bowline-on-a-bight: a bowline tied using doubled line when a free end is not available.
- A knot used to make a loop in a line. easily untied, it is simple and strong. the bowline is used to tie sheets to sails.
Bowline, английский
A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope.
Bowline haul, английский
A hearty and simultaneous bowse. (see one! two!! three!!!) in hauling the bowline it is customary for the leading man to veer, and then haul, three times in succession, singing out one, two, three—at the last the weight of all the men is thrown in together: this is followed by “belay, oh!” when the bowlines are reported “bowlines hauled, sir,” by the officer in command of the fore-part of the ship, the hands, or the watch, return to their duties.
Spanish, английский
Spanish air force, английский
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Spanish armada, английский
A fleet of ships sent in 1588 by philip ii, the spanish king, to invade england and restore roman catholicism.
Spanish burton, английский
A burton with two single blocks in series.
Spanish chalk, английский
Spanish disturbance, английский
An epithet given to the sudden armament on the nootka sound affair, in 1797, an epoch from which many of our seamen dated their service in the late wars.
Spanish emerald, английский
Spanish fox, английский
A single yarn twisted up tightly in a direction contrary to its natural lay and rubbed smooth. it makes a neat seizing, and is used for the ends of light standing rigging, and for small seizings generally.
Spanish lazulite, английский
Spanish mackerel, английский
An old cornish name for the tunny, or a scomber, larger than the horse-mackerel.
Spanish main, английский
[1] properly, the north-east coast of south america between the orinoco river and panama, plus adjacent caribbean islands (main is an abbreviation of mainland). [2] often (incorrectly) the caribbean sea.
Spanish march, английский
To frogmarch by hustling a person forward while holding and lifting their arms from behind. said to have been the way caribbean pirates handled spanish (and presumably other) captives.
Spanish mare, английский
“riding the spanish mare” is an ancient nautical punishment that involved lashing the culprit to a boom and suspending it over the side, just above the waterline, so that he would be dipped into the sea with every roll of the ship. see also yardarm ducking.
Spanish reef, английский
- The yards lowered on the cap. also, a knot tied in the head of the jib.
- Derisory term for lowering the yards instead of reefing topsails. considered by british sailors (usually incorrectly) to be the practice of lubberly spaniards.
Spanish topaz, английский
Spanish windlass, английский
- A wooden roller, or heaver, having a rope wound about it, through the bight of which an iron bolt is inserted as a lever for heaving it round. this is a handy tool for turning in rigging, heaving in seizings, &c.
- A small wooden device, turned by a marlinspike to bring two ropes together.
Spanish worm, английский
A nail buried in a piece of timber.
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Spanish burton, английский
A burton with two single blocks in series.
Southwester, английский
[1] a gusty wind, gale, or storm coming from the south-west. [2] a waterproof foulweather hat with a broad brim at the back. pronounced “sow-wester.”
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