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The "valley" between the strands of a rope or cable. Before serving a section of laid rope e.g. to protect it from chafing, it may be "wormed" by laying yarns in the cuntlines, giving that section an even cylindrical shape.
Industry:Boat
The aftermost deck of a warship. In the age of sail, the quarterdeck was the preserve of the ship's officers.
Industry:Boat
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
Industry:Boat
The condition of a sailboat's (in particular a dinghy's) capsizing to a point where the mast is pointed straight down and the hull is on the surface resembling a turtle shell.
Industry:Boat
traditional Royal Navy term for the Captain, a survival from the days when privately-owned ships were often hired for naval service.
Industry:Boat
A small restaurant, much like a diner, where the patron sits on a stool on one side of the bar and the server serves from the other side of the bar, where the kitchen is.
Industry:Restaurants
