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Wind and water line
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion of the waves.
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Wind a ship or boat, to, английский
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (see wending.)
Winc, английский
[from the anglo-saxon wince]. a purchase formed by a shaft whose extremities rest in two channels placed horizontally or perpendicularly, and furnished with cranks, or clicks, and pauls. it is employed as a purchase by which a rope or tackle-fall may be more powerfully applied than when used singly. a small one with a fly-wheel is used for making ropes and spun-yarn. also, a support to the windlass ends. also, the name of long iron handles by which the chain-pumps are worked. also, a small cylindrical machine attached to masts or bitts in vessels, for the purpose of hoisting anything out of the hold, warping, &c.
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