PreviousNext
Page 865
Previous/Next Page
William Falconer's Dictionary of the MarineReference Works
----------
Table of Contents

M

MAGAZINE to MARLING-SPIKE

MAROON to MAT

MATE of a ship of war to MIDSHIPMAN
MATE of a ship of war
MATE of a merchant-ship
METEOR
MESS
MESS-MATE
MIDSHIP
MIDSHIP-BEAM
MIDSHIP-FRAME
MIDSHIPMAN

MIZEN to MORTAR

MOULD to MUSTERING


Search

Contact us

MIDSHIP

MIDSHIP, (maîitre, Fr.) a term of distinction, applied by shipwrights to several pieces of timber which lie in the broadest part of a vessel; as,


Previous Page Reference Works Next Page

© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 192, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0865.html