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Tye
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
- A chain or rope used for hoisting or lowering a yard. a tye runs from the horizontal center of a given yard to a corresponding mast and from there down to a tackle. sometimes specifically called a chain tye or a rope tye.
- A runner of thick rope or chain, which forms part of the purchase used for hoisting the top-sail and top-gallant yards.
- [1] a rope forming part of a purchase for hoisting an upper yard by its center, using the halyard tackle. [2] a pigtail.
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Horizontal, английский
- Горизонталь; горизонтальный
- Горизонталь; горизонтальный 287
- At right angles to the direction of gravity; on the level; parallel to the horizon; neither vertical nor inclined.
- A direction parallel to the horizon, or what is commonly termed lying flat. one of the greatest inconveniences navigators have to struggle with is the frequent want of a distinct sight of the horizon. to obviate this a horizontal spinning speculum was adopted by mr. lerson, who was lost in the victory man-of-war, in which ship he was sent out to make trial of his instrument. this was afterwards improved by smeaton, and consists of a well-polished metal speculum about 3-1/2 inches in diameter, inclosed within a circular rim of brass, so fitted that the centre of gravity of the whole shall fall near the point on which it spins. this is the end of a steel axis running through the centre of the speculum, above which it finishes in a square for the convenience of fitting a
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Holystone, английский
- A chunk of sandstone used to scrub the decks. the name comes from both the kneeling position sailors adopt to scrub the deck (reminiscent of genuflection for prayer), and the stone itself (which resembled a bible in shape and size).
- [1] wooden decks were cleaned by scrubbing with sandstone blocks which were popularly believed to have been named holy because they brought seamen to their knees. in fact they were called holey because they are full of cavities. seamen called the bigger blocks bibles and the little ones, used to scrub narrow spaces, prayer-books. [2] to scour the deck with such a stone.
Clean bill of health, английский
A certificate issued by a port indicating that the ship carries no infectious diseases. also called a pratique.
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