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- Shrouds …], helping to support a [[mast]] against the varying strains and pressures of wind and weather; they anchor it on either side, in contrast to the [[sta… …ions of each mast ([[topmast]] and [[topgallant]]) have each their own set of shrouds.1 KB (180 words) - 19:18, 11 March 2012
- Horse …reating treacherous slopes for the others. To resolve this problem, horses of any length are passed through [[splice|eye splices]] in short lines called… …e [[yardarm]]s, longer yards generally included a Flemish horse, ''i.e.'', a horse extending from the yardarm to, perhaps, four yards in, on which the …1 KB (217 words) - 21:16, 15 February 2010
- Category:Animal names in nautical use … unsure of to what the names refer.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: … [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]986 B (153 words) - 16:55, 15 September 2022
- Capstan …ed into the grooves even as the capstan turns in the opposite direction as a ratchet.<ref>Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 Admiral. The Sailor's… [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]1 KB (239 words) - 00:02, 13 December 2010
- Cunt splice …ice. In that case, as the gun recoiled, the increased tension in each side of the splice would have tightened it around the cascabel knob.</ref> [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]2 KB (265 words) - 17:54, 14 October 2016
- Bunt …t [in the square mainsail] there is now——more like what you might call a hog's bladder, properly speaking."<ref>''Ibid''.</ref> [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]839 B (137 words) - 09:29, 24 November 2010
- Mouse …o hold it in place. (Naval hooks curve inward and flare outward, producing a specific crotch into which the mousing slides.) Aubrey notes that, “thos… [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]663 B (104 words) - 21:24, 15 February 2010
- Gasket …<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York,… [[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]1,012 B (178 words) - 19:02, 30 May 2011
- Hounds …ve Method of Rigging, Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships''. Dover edition of 1990, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501: p. … A drawing of the hounds of a topmast and lowermast may be seen [http://books.google.com/books?id=g7Jd_o…1 KB (192 words) - 22:23, 19 November 2013
