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CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK
CALL to CANNON
CANNON to CANOE
CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN
CANOE
CANTING
CANT-TIMBERS
CAP
CAPE
CAPPANUS
CAP-SQUARE
CAPSTERN, or CAPSTAN
To rig the CAPSTERN
Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship
CARTEL to CATS-PAW
CAULKING to CHANNEL
CHANNELS to CHEARLY
CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH
CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT
COAT to COLLIERS
COLOURS to COMPASS
COMPASSING to COVE
COUNTER to CRAWL
CREEPER to CROW-FOOT
CROWNING to CUT-WATER
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CAP
CAP, (chouquet, Fr.) a strong, thick block of wood, used to confine two masts together, when the one is erected at the head of the other, in order to lengthen it. It is for this purpose furnished with two holes perpendicular to it's length and breadth, and parallel to it's thickness; one of these is square, and the other round; the former being solidly fixed upon the upper-end of the lower-mast, whilst the latter receives the mast employed to lengthen it, and secures it in this position.The principal caps of a ship are those of the lower-masts, which are fitted with a strong eye-bolt on each side, wherein to hook the block by which the top-mast is drawn up through the cap; the process of which is explained in the article MAST.
The breadth of all caps is equal to twice the diameter of the top-mast, and the length to twice the breadth. The thickness of the main and forecaps is half the diameter of their breadths; the mizen-cap three-sevenths, and the top-mast-caps two-fifths of their respective breadths.
In the same manner as the top-mast slides up through the cap of the lower-mast, the top-gallant-mast slides up through the cap of the top-mast. The cap is represented by fig. 9. plate II.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 74, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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