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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
CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH
CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT
COAT to COLLIERS
COAT
COBBING
COBBING-BOARD
COBOOSE
COCK-PIT of a ship of war
COCKSWAIN, or COXEN
COD-FISHER
COIL and COILING
COLLAR
COLLIERS
COLOURS to COMPASS
COMPASSING to COVE
COUNTER to CRAWL
CREEPER to CROW-FOOT
CROWNING to CUT-WATER
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COAT
COAT, (braye, Fr.) a piece of tarred canvas nailed round that part of the masts and bowsprit which joins to the deck, or lies over the stem of a ship. It is used to prevent the water from running down into the hold, or between the decks.Besides those above mentioned, there is a coat for the rudder nailed round the hole where the rudder traverses in the ship's counter. This hole is represented at the upper part of the stern-post, exhibited in plate X.
COAT, (suage, Fr.) also implies the materials stuff with which the ship's sides or masts are varnished, to preserve them from the sun and weather, as turpentine, tar, &c. In this sense we say, " Give her a good coat of tar."
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 84, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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