Shiptalk

Sny: A small toggle used on a flag. Sound: To measure the depth of the water with a lead. Also...

Secure: To make fast; safe; the completion of a drill or exercise on board ship. Seize: To bind with small...

Quarantine: Restricted or prohibited intercourse due to contagious disease. Quarter: That portion of a vessel's side near the stern. Quartering...

Pier head jump: Making a ship just as it is about to sail. Pile: A pointed spar driven into the...

Oakum: Material used for caulking the seams of vessels and made from the loose fibers of old hemp rope. Off...

Make colors: Hoisting the ensign at 8 a.m. and down at sunset. Make the course good: Steering; keeping the ship...

Keel: The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at...

Hemp: Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread...

G.I.: Anything of Government Issue. Gantline: A line rove through a single block secured aloft. Garboard strake: The strake next...

Fake: A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down. Fake down: To fake line back and forth...