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Glossary
Arch 1. (Boog): Ornamental arch over the entrance of the steering stand.
2. (Boogje): Curved part of the quarter gallery connecting the ship’s side to the architrave of the quarter gallery.
Backstay (Backstag) 1. Part of the rigging that supports a mast backward. 2. Line to support the spritsail topmast backward.
Battens (Latten) Open planking in the beakhead and on the hatches.
Beakhead (Galjoen) A partly ornamental, partly functional construction on the fore part of the ship. It served as a platform for working the rigging of the foresail and spritsails and as a privy for the crew.
Beam 1. (Balck): Athwartship support for the decks. 2. (Grootspant): Width of the ship, measured over the midship frame under the planking.
Belaying pin ( Karvielnagel or korvijnagel ) Wooden pin on which ropes are belayed.
(Bengel) Iron hoop around the top of the rudder or the foot of the capstan. Bezan rig (Bezaantuig) Type of rigging of one-masted, inshore vessels
carrying a mainsail with a forked gaff on top and a boom below .
Bilge, bottom (Vlak) Bottom of the ship; in the beginning consisting of planks only, without frame timbers.
Bilge ceiling (Kimweger) Part of the inside planking at the turn of the bilge. Bilge futtock (Zitter or sitter) Frame timber fitted in the turn of the bilge. Bilge planking (Boeisel ) Bilge strakes that plank the turn of the bilge.
Bilge strake (Kimgang) Row of planks in the bilge.
Bill (Neb) The short arm of a knee; the horizontal arm of a hanging knee.
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