Quiz 2 of 50 -- Definitions of Nautical and Seafaring Terms

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 transverse timbers attached to ship's sternpost 1 windbound
2 thole
3 taffrail
4 kedge
5 transom
2 ship's sail above the lowermost sail 1 scupper
2 topsail
3 foremast
4 windlass
5 backstay
3 shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge 1 halyard
2 escutcheon
3 kedge
4 companionway
5 dodger
4 small anchor used for dragging or grappling 1 forefoot
2 grapnel
3 halyard
4 manrope
5 keelhaul
5 mast nearest the bow of a ship 1 camber
2 bollard
3 fairlead
4 escutcheon
5 foremast
6 rounded wooden block with hole used to set up ship's stays 1 fairlead
2 staysail
3 wardroom
4 deadeye
5 trysail
7 strong rope stitched to edges of a sail 1 boltrope
2 fiddley
3 tuck
4 trice
5 cofferdam
8 anchor carried at bow of a ship 1 keelson
2 bower
3 rostrum
4 shrouds
5 orlop
9 ropes in the rigging of a ship 1 cordage
2 bottomry
3 foresail
4 windbound
5 backstay
10 official shipping seal; customs clearance form 1 backstay
2 windlass
3 cocket
4 bitts
5 lateen
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 ship's customs warrant for clearing goods 1 forecastle
2 astern
3 tuck
4 outrigger
5 transire
12 foremost end of ship's keel 1 amidships
2 forefoot
3 poop
4 binnacle
5 bilge
13 rope used as a handrail on a ship 1 manrope
2 inboard
3 camber
4 laveer
5 topsail
14 stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship 1 sheer
2 dyogram
3 backstay
4 laveer
5 keelhaul
15 shelter where ship's steering wheel kept 1 stevedore
2 futtock
3 wheelhouse
4 scuttles
5 laveer
16 to draw a sail tight with ropes or cables 1 holystone
2 genoa
3 frap
4 bilge
5 astern
17 narrow vacant space between two bulkheads of a ship 1 reef
2 cofferdam
3 downhaul
4 holystone
5 luff
18 wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry 1 fardage
2 staysail
3 manrope
4 capstan
5 windlass
19 vertical lever controlling ship's rudder 1 whipstaff
2 capstan
3 mizzen
4 trice
5 outhaul
20 lowest sail set on the foremast of square-rigged ship 1 fluke
2 foresail
3 washboard
4 outhaul
5 chock
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 ship's officer in charge of equipment and maintenance 1 primage
2 quarterdeck
3 stevedore
4 boatswain
5 scud
22 rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails 1 wheelhouse
2 halyard
3 yawl
4 forefoot
5 patroon
23 fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a stay 1 burgee
2 spanker
3 thole
4 staysail
5 lateen
24 curved cut in edge of sail for preventing chafing 1 sheer
2 gaff
3 clew
4 roach
5 transire
25 shipping and sailing between points in the same country 1 supercargo
2 grapnel
3 washboard
4 cabotage
5 mizzen
26 room for stowing goods in a ship 1 jibe
2 sternpost
3 outhaul
4 genoa
5 lastage
27 midway between the bow and stern of a ship 1 gunwale
2 amidships
3 cordage
4 supercargo
5 hawser
28 iron framework around hatchway opening 1 sheer
2 earing
3 reef
4 treenail
5 fiddley
29 spar that extends at bows of a ship 1 luff
2 trysail
3 mainsheet
4 binnacle
5 bowsprit
30 broad thin plank along ship's gunwale to keep out sea water 1 strake
2 washboard
3 genoa
4 inboard
5 forestay
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 a charge on a ship in port 1 windlass
2 jackstay
3 sprit
4 topmast
5 groundage
32 instrument measuring ship's vibration 1 waveson
2 sternpost
3 pallograph
4 boltrope
5 wardroom
33 ship's furnace chamber 1 astern
2 wheelhouse
3 bobstay
4 stokehold
5 rowlock
34 platform jutting from ship's deck for gun or wheel 1 sponson
2 chine
3 luff
4 inboard
5 strake
35 triangular sail rigged on ship's spar 1 roach
2 hank
3 poop
4 lateen
5 bilge
36 hole for ship's cable 1 bower
2 gaff
3 hawsehole
4 jib
5 gunnage
37 small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast 1 lagan
2 camber
3 jib
4 freeboard
5 quarterdeck
38 slight arch or convexity to a beam or deck of a ship 1 bobstay
2 headsail
3 topsail
4 camber
5 lugsail
39 hole allowing water to drain from ship's deck 1 scupper
2 jibe
3 dodger
4 dyogram
5 deadeye
40 post for fastening cables at a ship's foremast 1 laveer
2 forebitt
3 wardroom
4 rostrum
5 poop
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 ring through which rope is led to change its direction without friction 1 halyard
2 fairlead
3 kedge
4 fluke
5 windbound
42 ship's official in charge of business affairs 1 poop
2 flagstaff
3 mainmast
4 supercargo
5 coaming
43 pin in the side of a boat to keep oar in place 1 windlass
2 burgee
3 earing
4 thole
5 quarterdeck
44 main member at stern of a ship extending from keel to deck 1 roband
2 deadeye
3 timenoguy
4 sternpost
5 demurrage
45 goods floating on the sea after a shipwreck 1 bowsprit
2 sprit
3 abaft
4 waveson
5 bluepeter
46 principal sail on a ship's mainmast 1 mainsail
2 abaft
3 timenoguy
4 binnacle
5 jackstay
47 middle of sail, fish-net or cloth when slack 1 bunt
2 kedge
3 roach
4 earing
5 tuck
48 to change a ship's course to make the boom shift sides 1 spanker
2 jibe
3 windlass
4 supercargo
5 rowlock
49 windward side of a ship; forward edge of fore-and-aft sail 1 fairlead
2 hawse
3 washboard
4 sprit
5 luff
50 spar projecting from stern of ship 1 bumpkin
2 waveson
3 sternpost
4 stokehold
5 cocket
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 plank on a ship's bottom next to the keel 1 waveson
2 timberhead
3 backstay
4 garboard
5 coaming
52 lower point of inner hull of a ship 1 wheelhouse
2 unreeve
3 bilge
4 taffrail
5 gunnage
53 case in which a ship's compass is kept 1 weatherboard
2 stevedore
3 primage
4 binnacle
5 transire
54 sandstone material used to scrape ships' decks 1 holystone
2 lateen
3 jibe
4 windbound
5 loxodograph
55 coloured lights on side of a ship under way at night 1 burgee
2 martingale
3 sidelight
4 brails
5 mainsheet
56 upper edge of the side of a ship 1 gunwale
2 whipstaff
3 windlass
4 genoa
5 halyard
57 posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes 1 hawser
2 slipway
3 bitts
4 skeg
5 boltrope
58 fore-and-aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern 1 rowlock
2 luff
3 sheer
4 flagstaff
5 ratline
59 space in ship between decks used for storage 1 parrel
2 bunt
3 reef
4 lazaret
5 gybe
60 distance between ship's bow and its anchor 1 gunwale
2 trice
3 reef
4 hawse
5 grapnel
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 ship's small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs 1 yardarm
2 timberhead
3 outrigger
4 patroon
5 yawl
62 rope for holding down or hauling down a sail or spar 1 cabotage
2 flagstaff
3 sponson
4 downhaul
5 davit
63 ship's sail bent to a gaff and hoisted on a lower mast 1 hawsehole
2 pallograph
3 taffrail
4 keelhaul
5 trysail
64 contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar 1 shrouds
2 bowsprit
3 rowlock
4 stemson
5 bower
65 rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit 1 mizzenmast
2 poop
3 bobstay
4 rostrum
5 abaft
66 rope stretched from place to place in a ship 1 timenoguy
2 stevedore
3 roband
4 mizzenmast
5 orlop
67 mast aft or next aft of the mainmast in a ship 1 sheer
2 buntline
3 mizzenmast
4 roband
5 skeg
68 able to sail close to the wind with little leeway 1 scud
2 gangway
3 weatherly
4 jib
5 tranship
69 large rope for mooring or towing a ship 1 cringle
2 lanyard
3 poop
4 fardage
5 hawser
70 small rope forming a rung of a rope ladder on a ship 1 ratline
2 oakum
3 gangway
4 fluke
5 capstan
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 upright device for winding in heavy ropes or cables 1 strake
2 forestay
3 outhaul
4 capstan
5 flagstaff
72 left side of a ship 1 brails
2 rowlock
3 trysail
4 fiddley
5 larboard
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