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Bulb.

A bulbous bow is a protruding bulb at the bow (or front) of a ship just below the waterline. The bulb modifies the way the water flows around the hull, reducing drag and thus increasing speed, range, fuel efficiency, and stability. Large ships with bulbous bows generally have a twelve to fifteen percent better fuel efficiency than similar vessels without them.

Rider plate

A continuous flat plate attached to the top or bottom of a girder.

Funnel

A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust. They are also commonly referred to as stacks.

Ballast

A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight.

manhole

A hole through which a person can enter a sewer, pipe, conduit, and so on for inspection, repair, or maintenance.

Anchor

A home key that helps you return each finger to its home key position after reaching for another key.

Hull.

A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.

Tiller

A long hand lever attached to the top of the rudder, used to steer the vessel. The term is derived from the handle of a plow used to till the soil.

Stringer

A long horizontal timber in a structure supporting a floor

Hold

A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.

Rudder.

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other conveyance that moves through a medium (generally air or water).

Bulkhead.

A wall within the hull of a ship, vehicle, or container.

gangway

An opening in a bulwark or lifeline that provides access to a brow or accommodation ladder; an order meaning to clear the way

Keel

In boats and ships, keel can refer to either of two parts: a structural element, or a hydrodynamic element. These parts overlap. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in construction of a ship, in British and American shipbuilding traditions the construction is dated from this event.

Frames

In wooden shipbuilding, each frame is composed of several sections, so that the grain of the wood can follow the curve of the frame.

Poop deck.

Is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship.

Forecastle.

Refers to the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.

Bow.

The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. Both of the adjectives fore and forward mean towards the bow. The other end of the boat is the stern.

Flight deck

The forward compartment of the aircraft occupied by the flight crew

Mast.

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sail, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp.

Stern.

The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night.

Winch

a crank with a handle for giving motion to a machine

Fender

a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact

Life buoy

a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant materia

Porthole

a round window in the side of a ship or an aircraft

Turret

a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

Capstan

a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis

Wheelhouse

an enclosed area on the brige of a vessel from which the vessel controlled.

cargo hatch

hatch opening into the cargo compartment.

Helm.

is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat or other conveyance that moves through a medium (generally air or water). The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.

orlop

lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks

Amidship

midway between the bow and stern of a ship

Quarterdeck

part of ship's deck set aside by captain for ceremonial functions

Rigging

ropes,chains,ect that support masts,sails and other parts of the boat

Port

to carry

Bilge

where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom


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