BATEAU pêcheur, a fishing-boat, &c.

BATELÉE, the lading, or number of passengers, to be carried in a boat.

BATELIERS, the boat-men; the wherry-men.

BATIMENT, a vessel or small ship of any kind.

BATTERIE, the whole range of cannon placed on both sides of any one deck in a vessel of war.

BATTERIE & demie, a deck and a half of cannon; spoken of a frigate which carries cannon on her upper-deck and quarter-deck only.

Mette la BATTERIE dehors, the order to run the guns out.

Mette la BATTERIE dedans, run in the guns.

BATTRE aux champs, to sound a march or chace at sea.

BATTRE à Diane, to beat a reveille on the drum, as at day-break.

BATTRE la marche, to give the signal for sailing.

BATTU, weather-beaten, shattered by a storm, or disabled in battle.

BATTURE. See BASSE.

BAU, a beam of the lower-decks.

BAU de dale, the hindermost or aftmost beam.

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