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Caulk (v) (Kalfaten) To fill the seams between planks with moss or old rope, covered with pitch, to make the ship watertight.
Counter timber (Wulfstut) Vertical timbers that supported the counter and upper transom, with their lower ends resting on the wing transom.
Cover (Deck) Profiled plank on top of a hackebord, sealing off the ends of the deck planks behind it.
Covering board (Schanddek) A plank that covers the openings between the top timbers on the forecastle and the quarter deck.
Cross (Kruis) Supporting construction to facilitate planking (such as diagonal bracing in the flat or the stern or upper transom). . Also used in bulwarks.
Crossjack yard (Begijnera) The lower yard on the mizzenmast; it spread the foot of the mizzen topsail and did not carry a sail.
Crosstree (Dwarszaling) A piece of wood let in to the trestletree to form the support for the top and to hold the heel of the topmast.
Crutch (Zogstuk) A Y-shaped piece of wood forming the floors of the aft frames.
Cyma (Scima) A molding planed with a curved, S- shaped profile, a decorative feature of the third cover in the stern gallery.
Dale (Dael ) A sluice or channel that conveyed water from a pump and discharged it through the side of the ship.
Deadeye ( Juffer ) A round block with three holes, used for tightening the lanyard and the shroud.
Deal (Deel ) Thin pine planking.
Deck clamp (Balkweger) The thicker part of the ceiling
into which the deck beams were dovetailed.
Depth in the hold ( Holte ) The distance between the top of the keel and the height of the lower deck, measured at the sides and thus without the camber of the beam. Also the height of the scupper or watershed.
Dottel (Dolfje ) A small wooden or iron n ail hammered into treenails to make them watertight.
Ceiling plank, stringer (Weger) frames.
Planking inside the
Chain plate (Putting) A metal strap that attached the deadeye on the channel to the ship’s hull.
Channel (Rust) A heavy plank, fitted horizontally along the side of the ship, on which the deadeyes were fixed to hold the shrouds and lanyards clear of the ship’s sides.
Chesstree (Halsklamp) A carved piece of wood to lead the main tack through the ship’s side.
Chine (Hoekige kim) The angle between the planks of the bottom and the first planks of the turn of the bilge.
Chock (above a gunport) 1. (Kalf ): The upper sill of a gunport. 2. (Klos): General term for a short piece of wood to close an opening.
Cymatium (Cimatium) A piece of decorative molding with an S-shaped profile, often carved for the first cover; also called an ovolo, with an egg-and-dart pattern.
Cleat 1. (Klamp): General term for a piece of wood holding two parts tog ether. Early in the building process cleats held the bottom planking together temporarily; horizontal cleats on doors hold the vertical planks together. 2. (Oorhout): A small chock used in a pair of planking tongues if the tongue held planks together at an angle.
Clew line, clew garnet (Geitouw) Rope on the aft side of a sail to pull the clew up to the yard.
Collar eye (Kraag) Part of the mainstay, consisting of a strop around stem and foremast, with a block stropped in to set up taut the mainstay.
Cornice (Vaes) (and elsewhere).
Rail molding at the top of the taffrail
Counter (Wulf )
transom and the flat of the stern or upper transom.
The curved area between the wing
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