Part 36

Crooked Timbers which brace and bear the End of the Beams, &c. to the Ship's Side, and are called either Hanging, Lodging, Raking, or Square, and fixed to every Beam where they carry Guns.

Knettles

Two Pieces of spun Yarn put together untwisted.

Knight Heads

Are two Pieces of Timber to which the Halyards and the Top Ropes are belayed.

Knots

There are two Sorts of Knots used at Sea; one they call a Bowline Knot; by this the Bowline Bridles are fastened to the Cringles, and will not slip. The other is a Whale Knot, which is a round Knob or Knot made with three Strands of a Rope, and serves for the Topsail Sheats and Stoppers. The Divisions also of the Logline are called Knots, and are usually seven Fathom asunder; and then as many Knots as the Logline runs out in Half a Minute, so many Miles the Ship sails in an Hour.

Labour

When a Ship tumbles or rowls at Anchor, or under Sail at Sea, she is said to Labour.

Ladders

Those made of Wood are for going from one Deck to another; and those of Ropes, hung over the Stern of the Ships, are to enter out of the Boat, when the Weather is foul and the Sea high; as are those at the Side called Accommodation.

Ladles Pitch

Are used at Sea by the Carpenters of the Ships, to hold Stuff, to pay the Seams when caulked.

Land Fall

Signifies to fall in with the Land; thus, when a Ship out at Sea, expects to see Land in a little Time, and it so happens that she doth, they say, they have made a good Landfall.

Land Laid

When a Ship is just got out of Sight of the Land.

Land Lock'd

A Ship rides Land Lock'd when at an Anchor in such a Place, where there is no Point open to the Sea, so that she is safe from the Violence of Wind or Tide.

Land shut in

Is when another Point of Land hinders the Sight of that which a Ship came from.

Land to

Is when a Ship lies so far off from Shore that they can but just see Land.

Lanterns

Poop

Are glazed with Stone-ground Glass, and placed at the Ship's Stern.

Top

Are glazed with Stone-ground Glass; stands on a Crank at the Main-top when an Admiral or Commodore is on board.