Language of the Sea 9
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Language of the Sea
KECKLING -
Old rope, wrapped round cables, to keep them from chafing.
KEDGE -
To use an anchor to move a boat by hauling on the anchor rode; a basic anchor type.
KEEL -
The centerline of a boat running fore and aft; the backbone of a vessel.
KEEL-HAUL -
To haul a person under a vessel's bottom, by ropes at the yard-arms at each side.
KEELSON -
A timber placed over the keel on the floor timbers, and running parallel with it.
KELTER -
In good order.
KENTLEDGE -
Pig-iron ballast, laid each side of the keelson.
KEVEL or CAVIL
A strong piece of wood bolted to some timber or stanchion, used for belaying large ropes.
KEVEL-HEADS -
Timber-heads, used as kevels.
KETCH -
A two-masted sailboat with the smaller after mast stepped ahead of the rudder post.
KILLICK -
Once, term for an anchor. Originally, a stone used for said purpose.
KINK -
A twist in a rope.
KIPPAGE -
Formerly, term applied for all equipment and personnel of a vessel.
KNEES -
Arched pieces of wood, having two arms, used to connect the beams of a vessel with her timbers.
Lodging-knees are placed horizontally, one arm bolted to a beam, the other across two timbers.
Head-knee is placed forward of the stem and supports the figurehead.
KNIGHT-HEADS or BOLALRD TIMBERS -
Timbers next to the stem, on each side, continuing high enough to form a support for the bowsprit.
KNITTLES or NETTLES -
The halves of two adjoining yarns in a rope, twisted up together, for pointing or grafting.
Also, small line used for seizings and for hammock-clew.
KNOT -
A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.
A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
KNOTMETER -
See LOGLINE
Corrections, Additions & Clarifications - MMNETSEA
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