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CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK
CALL to CANNON
CANNON to CANOE
CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN
Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship
CARTEL to CATS-PAW
CAULKING to CHANNEL
CHANNELS to CHEARLY
CHANNELS
CHAPELING a ship
CHARGE of a cannon
CHART
CHARTER-PARTY
CHASE
Bow CHASE
Stern CHASE
CHASING
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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CHANNELS
CHANNELS, or CHAIN-WALES of a ship, (porte-bossoirs, Fr) broad and thick planks projecting horizontally from the ship's out-side, a-breast of, and somewhat behind, the masts. See plate II. fig. 16.They are formed to extend the shrouds from each other, and from the axis or middle line of the ship, so as to give a greater security and support to the masts, as well as to prevent the shrouds from damaging the gun-wale, or being hurt by rubbing against it. See also SHROUD.
Every mast has it's chain-wales, which are either built above or below the second deck-ports in a ship of the line: they are strongly connected to the side by knees, bolts, and standards, besides being confined thereto by the chains, whose upper ends pass through notches on the outer edge of the chain-wales, so as to unite with the shrouds above.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 80, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0316.html