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The part of a ship's hull that is sometimes submerged and sometimes brought above water by the rolling of the vessel. bight 1. A loop in a rope or line – a hitch or knot tied "on the bight" is one tied in the middle of a rope, without access to the ends. [2] 2. An indentation in a coastline. bilander. Also billander or be ' landre.
During the period of 1820 to 1840, at least 500 bateaux and 1,500 bateaumen operated on the James River between Lynchburg, Virginia and Richmond. [5] Boatmen were nearly all Slave and Free African Americans. [6] The use of the bateau sharply declined after 1840 when the James and Kanawha River Canal reached Lynchburg.
Hayasui (速吸) Hayasui-no-Seto is former name of the Hōyo Strait; Ōtomari (大泊) Port of Ōtomari in southern Sakhalin Island; Minesweeper, landing ship, patrol boat, motor torpedo boat, submarine chaser — numbered name Minesweeper No. 1 (第1号掃海艇) Landing ship No. 1 (第1号輸送艦) Patrol boat No. 1 (第1号哨戒艇)
It is used by James Joyce in the first chapter of Ulysses. tory – Originally an Irish outlaw, probably from the word tóraí meaning "pursuer". trousers – From Irish triús. turlough – A seasonal lake in limestone area (OED). Irish turloch "dry lake". uilleann pipes – Irish bellows-blown bagpipes. uilleann is Irish for "elbow".
When it comes to the woman on the boat in this riddle, her name is…”There.” ... The riddle does a great job because the name is a play on words. When you first read the riddle and the ...
1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
Center console (boat) Centreboard; Chain; Chain girth; Chainplate; Chains (nautical) Channel (geography) Charlie Noble (chimney) Chief engineer; Chief mate; Chine (boating) Circle of death (boating) Cold ironing; Companionway; Compartment (ship) Conn (nautical) Consort (nautical) Constant bearing, decreasing range; Cuddy (cabin) Cunningham ...
The ship James made several trips during the early 17th century Great Migration out of England to the New World. [1] It is unclear how many ships were named James during the Great Migration, as the name James was very popular in England during the reign of James I of England (1567–1625).