the line attached to a lifeboat used to sheer the lifeboat away from the ship's side and to keep the lifeboat near the mother ship to pick up remaining crew

in a small vessel, a single bitt forward used to fasten the anchor and dock lines

to attach, fasten, or make fast

the part of a line which is attached or made fast to an object

a tight lashing with twine securing two parallel parts of line

a border woven in fabric, or the edge of the fabric closed by complicating the threads so as to prevent raveling

braided cordage or small stuff, usually of ornamental design

a metal link fitting with a pin across the throat, used to connect lines to an anchor, fasten blocks to a spar in rigging, or a line to sampling gear

a grooved wheel or pulley over which rope or rigging wire runs, used to change the direction of force

a knot useful for bending a line to an eye or to join two lines of different sizes

a quick splice, as the end of two lines together

fibers of the henequen plant, an agave varietal indigenous to Yucatan Peninsula

that part of a rope, secured at both ends, which is hanging loose; the opposite of taut

to sling a piece of cargo, such as a barrel, by passing a line around it

a method using a part of a line as a toggle, think standing part of shoelace knot

to join two lines, or make an eye, by tucking strands or otherwise interweaving parts of a rope

fixed end of a line; opposite of working end

the portion of a line not used in making a knot, or the part of the line around which the knot may be tied

that part of a ship's rigging used to support its spars which is not altered with the ordinary working of the ship

the right side of the boat facing the bow

a load on a system that doesn't change over time, the force when a system is motionless

a piece of rigging, usually a rope or wire used as support for a mast

to seize or lash, usually temporarily

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PAGE 8 FISHING GEAR

Term	Definition
Sea Painter	the line attached to a lifeboat used to sheer the lifeboat away from the ship's side and to keep the lifeboat near the mother ship to pick up remaining crew
Samsonpost	in a small vessel, a single bitt forward used to fasten the anchor and dock lines
Secure	to attach, fasten, or make fast
Secured End	the part of a line which is attached or made fast to an object
Seizing	a tight lashing with twine securing two parallel parts of line
Salvage	a border woven in fabric, or the edge of the fabric closed by complicating the threads so as to prevent raveling
Sennit	braided cordage or small stuff, usually of ornamental design
Shackle	a metal link fitting with a pin across the throat, used to connect lines to an anchor, fasten blocks to a spar in rigging, or a line to sampling gear
Sheave	a grooved wheel or pulley over which rope or rigging wire runs, used to change the direction of force
Sheet Bend	a knot useful for bending a line to an eye or to join two lines of different sizes
Short Splice	a quick splice, as the end of two lines together
Sisal	fibers of the henequen plant, an agave varietal indigenous to Yucatan Peninsula
Slack	that part of a rope, secured at both ends, which is hanging loose; the opposite of taut
Sling	to sling a piece of cargo, such as a barrel, by passing a line around it
Slip	a method using a part of a line as a toggle, think standing part of shoelace knot
Small Stuff	light cordage, such as twine
Spar	a yard, mast, gaff, or boom
Splice	to join two lines, or make an eye, by tucking strands or otherwise interweaving parts of a rope
Standing End	fixed end of a line; opposite of working end
Standing Part	the portion of a line not used in making a knot, or the part of the line around which the knot may be tied
Standing Rigging	that part of a ship's rigging used to support its spars which is not altered with the ordinary working of the ship
Starboard	the right side of the boat facing the bow
Static Load	a load on a system that doesn't change over time, the force when a system is motionless
Stay	a piece of rigging, usually a rope or wire used as support for a mast
Stop	to seize or lash, usually temporarily

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