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cargo net: nautical: A square net, made in various sizes of manila rope or chain, and used in connection with the ship’s hoisting appliances to load cargo, etc., aboard the vessel.
crane: nautical: A machine used for hoisting and moving pieces of material or portions of structures or machines that are either too heavy to be handled by hand or cannot be handled economically by hand. Bridge, gantry, jib, locomotive, and special purpose cranes are used in shipyards.
derrick: nautical: A device consisting of a kingpost, boom with variable topping lift, and necessary rigging for hoisting heavy weights, cargo, etc.
dry dock, railway: nautical: A railway dock consists of tracks built on an incline on a strong foundation and extending from a distance in-shore sufficient to allow docking a vessel of the maximum size for which the dock is built, to a distance underwater sufficient to allow the same vessel to enter the cradle. The cradle running on the tracks may be of wood or steel fitted with keel and bilge blocks and sufficiently weighted to keep it on the track when in the water. A hoisting engine with a winding drum or wild cat is fitted at the in-shore end of the railway which operates the cradle by a cable or chain. This type of dry dock is used for docking small ships. It is commonly called a "marine railway".
erection: nautical: The process of hoisting into place and joining the various parts of a ship’s hull, machinery, etc.
FH: abbreviation: Flag Hoist
gantline or girtline: nautical: A rope reeving through a single block aloft and used for hoisting or lowering rigging, drying clothing and hammocks, etc.
halyards: nautical: Light lines used in hoisting signals, flags, etc. Also applied to the ropes used in hoisting gaffs, sails, or yards.
Hoist away: orders: An order to haul up or commence hoisting.
hoist: nautical: To raise or elevate by manpower or by the employment of mechanical appliances; any device employed for lifting weights.
pad eye: nautical: A fitting having one or more eyes integral with a plate or base to provide ample means of securing and to distribute the strain over a wide area. The eyes may be either "worked" or "shackle." Also known as lug pads, hoisting pads, etc.
sail tracks: nautical: A device fitted on the after side of a mast in which slides, secured to the forward edge of a fore- and-aft sail, travel up and down the mast as the sail is hoisted or lowered; used in lieu of mast hoops.
Set taut: orders: Take in the slack and take a strain on running gear preparatory to heaving it in. This is given before the order "Hoist Away".
shear legs: nautical: A rig for handling heavy weights, consisting of an A-frame of timber or steel with the top overhanging the base, having the lower ends fixed or pivoted and the top ends held either by fixed stays or by topping lifts which permit change of slope of the legs. Tackles are secured at the top of the frame through which the hoisting rope or cable is run. Sometimes called sheers.
Silence: orders: Used in case of serious casualty, or in case of doubt as to the seriousness of the casualty. On this command every member of the gun crew, ammunition party and all in the vicinity, freeze in their tracks and remain there motionless without noise or confusion until further orders are given, or they hear the command "Carry On". All operating machinery (hoists, train, elevation, etc.), should be stopped!
Slack off halyards: orders: To give slack to the hoisting lines in wet weather to prevent lines from becoming too taut.
Trice clothes line clear of the deck: orders: Hoist clothes lines so that they do not interfere with other ship’s work.
Two blocks: orders: When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible. All the way up. This is said of boats, flags, or any objects which are hoisted with block and tackle.
whip: nautical: A term loosely applied to any tackle used for hoisting light weights and serves to designate the use to which a tackle is put rather than to the method of reeving the tackle.
winch: nautical: A hoisting or pulling machine fitted with a horizontal single or double drum. A small drum is generally fitted on one or both ends of the shaft supporting the hoisting drum. These small drums are called gypsies, niggerheads, or winch heads. The hoisting drums either are fitted with a friction brake or are directly keyed to the shaft. The driving power is usually steam or electricity, but hand power is also used. A winch is used principally for the purpose of handling, hoisting, and lowering cargo from a dock or lighter to the hold of a ship and vice versa.