Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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Nautical

watered-down pusser's rum consisting of half a gill with equal part of water, issued to all seamen over twenty. (CPOs and POs were issued with neat rum) From the British Admiral Vernon who, in 1740, ...

μεθυσμένος

Transportation; Nautical

μεθυσμένος από έχοντας καταναλώσει πολλή Γκρογκ.

γείωση

Transportation; Nautical

when a ship (while afloat) touches the bed of the sea, or goes "aground"

αιώρα

Transportation; Nautical

canvas sheets, slung from the deckhead in messdecks, in which seamen slept. "Lash up and stow" a piped command to tie up hammocks and stow them (typically) in racks inboard of the ship's side to ...

σκάλα

Transportation; Nautical

on board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. Believed to be from the ...

κορδόνι

Transportation; Nautical

ένα σχοινί που δένει κάτι μακριά.

αριστερή πλευρά πλοίου

Transportation; Nautical

obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. Replaced by port side or ...