compass swing
The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and reducing the deviation coefficients and recording the residual deviations; now done by computer.
Marine and shipyard
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consolidator
a business which groups different orders into one shipment.
container port
A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.
cot
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
count
adjectiveMarine and shipyard
Used to show the amount of like items in a package.
craft
Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
crew
A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
crowd
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
CSS
Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
deadleg
A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.
demurrage
the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
double
To sail around (a headland or other point).
dreadnought
Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
drone
Any remotely operated or autonomous underwater vehicle, especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
eight
A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
ensign
The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
entrance
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
eye
The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
FAC
Initialism of fast attack craft
fall
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
fathom
A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
fender
To use fenders to protect the side of a boat
finger
Clipping of finger pier (“a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock”).
fireball
A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
fish
A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
flag
A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
flotsam and jetsam
The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
general cargo
Goods that are stowed in a ship in individually counted units and recorded on different bills of lading, and distinct from bulk cargo or cargo in containers; now largely superseded by containerisation of goods.
ghost
Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
gig
A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
gripe
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
guinea pig
A midshipman in the East India service; (by extension) a low-skilled or non-proficient seaman.
hamper
Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
handling time
The total number of business days from the moment one receives payment for an item and the moment when the package is processed or scanned at a shipping carrier.
handsomely
adverbMarine and shipyard
Without undue haste; carefully, slowly and steadily.
hard
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
hatchwork
The apparatus around the hatches of a vessel, particularly the cargo hatch
HHG
Initialism of household goods.
high
adjectiveMarine and shipyard
Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
hitchment
The marrying of two or more portions of one shipment that originate at different locations, moving under one bill of lading, from one shipper to one consignee.
ho
Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
hold
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
home
adverbMarine and shipyard
into the right, proper or stowed position
hound
Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
house
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
IMDG
Initialism of International Maritime Dangerous Goods (code): a code designed to standardize safety of dangerous goods being transported by sea.
IMO
Initialism of International Maritime Organization.
inducement
The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.
INS
Initialism of Indian Naval Ship.
jam
To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
jaunty
A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship.
jaw
The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
jeer
An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
jib
A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
JS
Initialism of Japanese ship (a ship of Japan from the Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), since 2008) (a ship prefix).
kid
A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
knot
A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
labour
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
launch
The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
liar
A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.