BOSSER le cable, to stopper the cable. From

BOSSES, stoppers of the shrouds or stays.

BOSSES à aiguillettes, or à rubans, stoppers of the cable.

BOSSES de chaloupe, or de canot, the local's painter or mooring-rope.

BOSSES du bossoir, or de bout, the anchor-stoppers at the cat-head.

BOSSOIRS, the cat-heads of a ship.

BOT, a boat, of several kinds. Whence Paquet-BOT, a packet, or packet-boat.

BOUCHE, the mouth of a river, Bouchaut is also sometimes used in this sense.

BOUCHE de canon, the bore or caliber of a piece of ordnance.

BOUCHIN, the extreme breadth of a ship, from outside to outside.

BOUCHON d'étoupe, de foin, ou de paille, the wad of a cannon, formed of oakum, hay, &c.

BOUCHOTS, crawls, pens, or places inclosed by hurdles, for fishing on the sea-coast.

BOUCLE, shackles or bilboes.

Mettre un matelot sous BOUCLE, to confine a sailor, or put him in irons.

En port BOUCLÉ, a harbour which is land-locked.

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