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Glossary
Binding strake (Schaarstok) Thick strake that formed part of the typical Dutch construction of the deck planking, running fore and aft on both sides of the hatches, mast partners, bitts, etc.
inside the ceiling in the bow and tying the two sides of the ship together. The twil is distinct from the band in that it also carried the ends of deck planks.
(Broekstuk) A large piece of wood that connected the fashion pieces and the sternpost.
Bullseye, fairlead (Kloot) A ball-shaped wooden part with a hole for guiding a rope, usual ly seized to a shroud.
Bush (Bos) A piece of squared wood, drilled lengthwise. They were placed in the ship’s side as scupper pipes to drain water from the ship’s decks.
Butlery (Bottelarij) Storeroom on the lower deck for storing sufficient food for daily use.
Cabin (Hut) Sleeping quarters for the officers, located above the captain’s cabin.
Cable tier (Kot) Compartment afore on the main deck where the anchor cable is stored.
Calve (Kalf ) Vertical timbers in the tuck between the upper transom and the wing transom, forming the vertical sills of the portholes in the tuck.
Camber (Bocht ) A measurement indicating the curvature of the top side of a beam, especially a deck beam.
Capstan ( Kaapstander ) A device to hoist heavy loads. Captain’s cabin (Kajuit) Compartment for the captain,
located aft on the upper deck.
Cathead ( Kraanbalk ) A beam with sheaves that protrudes from the beakhead or the forecastle head and allows the anchor to be hoisted, or “catted.”
(Cardinaels-hoet) (lit., “cardinal’s hat”) A circular wooden rim surrounding the holes in the tuck next to the gunports; it served as a guide for the rope with which the boat was towed.
Carling (Karvielhout or klamaai) A short supporting timber between the beams and underneath the ledges.
Cathead knee (Drukker) A carved figure supporting the cathead.
Bitt (Beting ) A strong, upright frame in the fore par t the ship on which the anchor cable is belayed.
Bitt knee (Beting knie) A large knee supporting the bitts on their forward side.
Bolster (Betingbalk) connecting the bitts.
Bolt (Bout) An iron rod that fastens together heavy parts of the ship.
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Bitt standard (Beting speen) bitts.
The vertical part of the A heavy, horizontal timber
Bordered hatch cover (Stulpluik) A hatch cover for small hatches, constructed as an open, inverted box with sides that fit around the hatch coamings to make the hatch watertight.
Bow (Boeg) The entire front part of the ship, including the planking on both sides of the stem.
Bowline (Boelijn) Part of the rigging that helps to pull the weather leech of the sail forward to prevent the luff from collapsing.
Bowsprit (Boegspriet ) A spar protruding for ward at an angle over the stem, carrying the spritsail yard and the stays of the foremast.
Brace (Bras) A rope attached to both ends (yardarms) of the yard of a square sail; used to “brace up” or pull the yard so that it lies with one yardarm angled forward, and to “brace in” or pull the yard so that it lies square across the ship at right angles to the fore-and-aft line.
Bread room (Brootkamer) Compartment below the gun room for storing food that was not sealed in casks. To keep out vermin, the interior of the room was entirely covered with tinplate.
Breasthook 1. (Band): A piece of compass wood placed in the forward section of the ship to strengthen the construction. 2. (Twil): Reinforcement timber fitted
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