Quiz 1 of 50 -- Definitions of Nautical and Seafaring Terms

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 large jib that overlaps the mainsail 1 purser
2 forefoot
3 hawser
4 genoa
5 cringle
2 three-masted vessel; aft sail of such a vessel 1 bowsprit
2 gybe
3 yardarm
4 jibe
5 mizzen
3 lengthwise wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress 1 keelson
2 garboard
3 boatswain
4 orlop
5 rowlock
4 to sail swiftly before a gale 1 roach
2 frap
3 stemson
4 scud
5 trysail
5 metal casting with curved arms for passing ropes for mooring ship 1 chine
2 ratline
3 chock
4 gudgeon
5 deadwood
6 sail above the royal sail 1 lanyard
2 skysail
3 spritsail
4 leech
5 downhaul
7 captain of a ship; coxswain of a longboat 1 leech
2 timberhead
3 roband
4 patroon
5 keelson
8 loop at corner of sail to which a line is attached 1 yardarm
2 outhaul
3 cringle
4 mizzenmast
5 bowsprit
9 part of ship connecting the keel with the bottom of the rudderpost 1 manrope
2 quarterdeck
3 skeg
4 steeve
5 abaft
10 stay leading from the foremast to the bow of a ship 1 capstan
2 bunt
3 forestay
4 escutcheon
5 lagan
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 ship's mast above the lower mast 1 yardarm
2 luff
3 topmast
4 forecastle
5 forebitt
12 rail round the stern of a ship 1 hawsehole
2 taffrail
3 purser
4 transom
5 mainmast
13 short raised deck at fore end of ship; fore of ship under main deck 1 coaming
2 stemson
3 headsail
4 forecastle
5 fairlead
14 the intersection of the middle and sides of a boat 1 wardroom
2 cordage
3 chine
4 bitts
5 jibboom
15 to set a ship's bowsprit at an upward inclination 1 keelhaul
2 dyogram
3 steeve
4 bollard
5 larboard
16 mast or sail above the topmast and below the royal mast 1 washboard
2 weatherly
3 topgallant
4 gunnage
5 unreeve
17 part of ship's stern where name is displayed 1 poop
2 thole
3 escutcheon
4 brails
5 gybe
18 quarters for ship's officers 1 wardroom
2 bottomry
3 keelson
4 steeve
5 mizzen
19 timbers built into ends of ship when too narrow to permit framing 1 forecastle
2 bollard
3 parrel
4 deadwood
5 trice
20 flag pole at stern of a ship 1 leech
2 tranship
3 flagstaff
4 scuttles
5 forecastle
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships 1 dyogram
2 oakum
3 fluke
4 frap
5 hawsehole
22 to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed 1 bower
2 topmast
3 cofferdam
4 steeve
5 bream
23 piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar 1 scupper
2 roband
3 camber
4 forecabin
5 halyard
24 sail set forward of the foremast of a ship 1 headsail
2 yardarm
3 windbound
4 flagstaff
5 leech
25 either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship 1 sheer
2 forebitt
3 yardarm
4 gaff
5 yawl
26 cargo jettisoned from ship but marked by buoys for recovery 1 binnacle
2 hank
3 lagan
4 burgee
5 bottomry
27 spike on prow of warship for ramming 1 keelson
2 sternway
3 rostrum
4 quarterdeck
5 sternpost
28 dock worker who loads and unloads ships 1 companionway
2 trice
3 inboard
4 cabotage
5 stevedore
29 weather side of a ship 1 weatherboard
2 mizzen
3 scud
4 sheer
5 bilge
30 stairs from upper deck of ship to lower deck 1 companionway
2 outhaul
3 bowline
4 loxodograph
5 futtock
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 part of ship where ends of lower planks meet under the stern 1 wheelhouse
2 binnacle
3 futtock
4 demurrage
5 tuck
32 line for fastening corner of a sail to the gaff or yard 1 lanyard
2 lateen
3 frap
4 earing
5 strake
33 number of guns carried on a warship 1 scupper
2 kedge
3 gunnage
4 rostrum
5 sprit
34 raised edge around ship's hatches to keep water out 1 foresail
2 lazaret
3 gybe
4 burgee
5 coaming
35 a vertical edge of a square sail 1 leech
2 bream
3 garboard
4 forecastle
5 dodger
36 device used to record ship's travels 1 slipway
2 outrigger
3 roband
4 sidelight
5 loxodograph
37 to reduce area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it 1 coaming
2 reef
3 garboard
4 jib
5 jibboom
38 to withdraw a rope from an opening 1 purser
2 timenoguy
3 stokehold
4 unreeve
5 treenail
39 blue flag with white square in centre used as ship's signal 1 jib
2 quarterdeck
3 forefoot
4 bluepeter
5 lanyard
40 wood or metal planes attached to hull to prevent leeway 1 forestay
2 purser
3 shrouds
4 bitts
5 leeboard
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 portholes on a ship 1 scuttles
2 sternway
3 laveer
4 headsail
5 taffrail
42 delay of vessel's departure or loading with cargo 1 forecabin
2 mizzen
3 demurrage
4 martingale
5 shrouds
43 device for hoisting and lowering a boat 1 davit
2 windbound
3 yawl
4 bowsprit
5 coaming
44 using the ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage 1 crosstrees
2 bottomry
3 mizzenmast
4 inboard
5 fiddley
45 ship's chart indicating compass deflection due to ship's iron 1 windbound
2 dyogram
3 escutcheon
4 mainsail
5 tuck
46 movement of a ship backwards 1 turtleback
2 forestay
3 leeboard
4 outhaul
5 sternway
47 winch used to raise a ship's anchor 1 chine
2 mainmast
3 crosstrees
4 lastage
5 windlass
48 distance between waterline and main deck of a ship 1 brails
2 genoa
3 stevedore
4 freeboard
5 tuck
49 rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar 1 bollard
2 earing
3 fiddley
4 outhaul
5 cathead
50 rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard 1 jackstay
2 wheelhouse
3 leech
4 gaff
5 buntline
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 to sail against the wind 1 spanker
2 waveson
3 laveer
4 headsail
5 ratline
52 ramp sloping into water for supporting a ship 1 skysail
2 slipway
3 amidships
4 groundage
5 burgee
53 horizontal crosspieces at a masthead used to support ship's mast 1 lazaret
2 steeve
3 gunnage
4 trysail
5 crosstrees
54 metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat 1 bumpkin
2 gudgeon
3 transire
4 roach
5 fluke
55 projection near the bow of a ship to which anchor is secured 1 yardarm
2 futtock
3 windlass
4 cathead
5 slipway
56 to haul in and lash secure a sail with a small rope 1 whipstaff
2 trice
3 parrel
4 davit
5 outrigger
57 continuous band of plates on side of a ship 1 hank
2 strake
3 cringle
4 larboard
5 roach
58 structure over ship's bows or stern 1 bobstay
2 patroon
3 hawse
4 turtleback
5 foresail
59 rib of a ship 1 kedge
2 chock
3 timenoguy
4 hank
5 futtock
60 ship's officer in charge of finances and passengers 1 cathead
2 windbound
3 supercargo
4 purser
5 forecastle
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay 1 supercargo
2 bunt
3 hank
4 leeboard
5 brails
62 fee paid to loaders for loading ship 1 flagstaff
2 mainsheet
3 rowlock
4 primage
5 wardroom
63 long wooden pin used to fix planks of ship to the timbers 1 crosstrees
2 jib
3 sternway
4 gunnage
5 treenail
64 rope used to keep weather edge of a sail taut 1 taffrail
2 lagan
3 bowline
4 jackstay
5 bower
65 spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended 1 earing
2 windlass
3 chock
4 rostrum
5 gaff
66 band by which a yard is fastened to a mast 1 bumpkin
2 parrel
3 luff
4 oakum
5 loxodograph
67 rope or line for fastening something in a ship 1 jib
2 sternpost
3 lanyard
4 cathead
5 transire
68 short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied 1 bottomry
2 lugsail
3 jibe
4 capstan
5 bollard
69 spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally 1 mainsheet
2 lagan
3 sheer
4 sprit
5 bobstay
70 ropes on edge of sail for hauling up 1 foremast
2 lateen
3 brails
4 trysail
5 rowlock
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 enclosed structure at stern of ship above main deck 1 mainmast
2 astern
3 forecabin
4 poop
5 purser
72 spar forming an extension of the bowsprit 1 thole
2 transom
3 hank
4 stemson
5 jibboom
73 sailing ship's principal mast 1 brails
2 keelhaul
3 lastage
4 mainmast
5 bollard
74 rope by which mainsail is trimmed and secured 1 lazaret
2 bluepeter
3 transire
4 mainsheet
5 poop
75 spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast 1 outrigger
2 sprit
3 loxodograph
4 gunwale
5 bream
76 at the stern of a ship 1 astern
2 skeg
3 earing
4 gangway
5 luff
77 sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship 1 mainsail
2 hawsehole
3 spanker
4 companionway
5 earing
78 iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened 1 abaft
2 sternpost
3 halyard
4 jackstay
5 groundage
79 inside the line of a ship's bulwarks or hull 1 inboard
2 keelhaul
3 cordage
4 topgallant
5 scud
80 part of ship's deck set aside by captain for ceremonial functions 1 amidships
2 quarterdeck
3 lastage
4 yawl
5 jibe
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 corner of sail with hole to attach ropes 1 buntline
2 clew
3 outrigger
4 bunt
5 topmast
82 toward or at the stern of a ship 1 abaft
2 jibe
3 cocket
4 hank
5 luff
83 to pass a rope through a ring 1 transom
2 trysail
3 keelson
4 reeve
5 treenail
84 small ship's flag used for identification or signalling 1 bowline
2 weatherly
3 trysail
4 gybe
5 burgee
85 part of an anchor that fastens in the ground 1 lugsail
2 staysail
3 fluke
4 parrel
5 patroon
86 lower stay of rope used to sustain strain of the forestays 1 bilge
2 oakum
3 gangway
4 martingale
5 demurrage
87 top end of ship's timber used above the gunwale 1 shrouds
2 slipway
3 buntline
4 timberhead
5 wardroom
88 to swing a sail from one side to another 1 leeboard
2 parrel
3 foremast
4 topmast
5 gybe
89 to transfer from one ship to another 1 cathead
2 tranship
3 topsail
4 outhaul
5 sponson
90 cabin in fore part of ship 1 escutcheon
2 forecabin
3 weatherly
4 unreeve
5 trice
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship 1 gangway
2 jibboom
3 scuttles
4 thole
5 gybe
92 four-sided sail bent to an obliquely hanging yard 1 inboard
2 dyogram
3 mainsail
4 chock
5 lugsail
93 ropes supporting the mast of a ship 1 earing
2 bumpkin
3 shrouds
4 buntline
5 lugsail
94 sail extended by a sprit 1 spritsail
2 skeg
3 transire
4 whipstaff
5 boltrope
95 small anchor to keep a ship steady 1 kedge
2 bluepeter
3 skeg
4 lugsail
5 backstay
96 hindered from sailing by contrary winds 1 steeve
2 sponson
3 mainmast
4 whipstaff
5 windbound
97 lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks 1 dodger
2 backstay
3 fluke
4 orlop
5 ratline
98 to punish by dragging under keel of ship 1 buntline
2 gangway
3 lazaret
4 keelhaul
5 cringle
99 supporting timber of a ship 1 stemson
2 loxodograph
3 headsail
4 strake
5 cringle
100 large triangular sail opposite the mainsail 1 lagan
2 spinnaker
3 hawsehole
4 loxodograph
5 buntline
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