Antarctica Flashcards
Amidship
in the center of a ship
Batten
To fasten or secure with batten
Bow
The front of a ship
Stern
Opposite side of the bow or the end of a ship
Fo c sle
The crews quarters
gangplank
A short bridge that is placed between a ship and the shore so people can get on and off
Main Sail
sail on the main mast
Mast
the vertical pole that supports the sails
Taffrail
The rail at the stern of a ship
Greenheart
a dark greenish wood
Hull
The frame or body of a ship
Port
The left side of a ship
Starboard
The right side of a ship
Blige
the lowest part of a ships hull
Blige pump
a pump to rid the Blige of water that has leaked in
foremast
the mast the bow end of the ship
halyard
the rope used to raise sails
shippind water
to take water over the ships hull
spar
a pole that supports sails and rigging
heave to
to turn the ships bow into the wind in preparation for a storm
iceberg
large mass of floating ice Brocken off from an ice shelf or glacier
brash ice
lumps of snow with pudding like texture
ice shelf
An ice sheet that extends into the water and rests on the sea bottom
rigging
The arrangment of sails spars and ropes
