Gunwale - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: gunwaleRowlock
A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar same as oarlock...
Driftpiece
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale also a scroll terminating a rail...
Fish tackle
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale The block used is called the fish block...
Gunnel
A gunwale...
Gunwale
The upper edge of a vessels or boats side the uppermost wale of a ship not including the bulwarks or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter deck to the forecastle being the uppermost bend which finishes the upper works of the hull...
Oarlock
The notch fork or other device on the gunwale of a boat in which the oar rests and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot Same as Rowlock1...
Portoise
The gunwale of a ship...
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