Ou est le cap? how is the head? how does the ship wind ?

CAP, a cape, head-land, or promontory.

Doubler le CAP, to double, or sail round, a

cape.

CAP de more. See CHOUQUET.

CAP de mouton, the dead-eye of a shroud or stay.

CAP de mouton à croc, an iron-bound dead-eye, with a hook.

CAP de mouton de martinet, the dead-eye of a crow-foot. See MOQUE.

CAPACITÉ d'un vaisseau, the burthen or tonnage of a ship.

CAPE, or GRAND PACFI, the mainsail.

Capeyer, or Etre à la CAPE, to try under the mainsail, or some other of the courses, when all the topsails, &c. are furled.

CAPELAGE, the eye or collar of a pair of shrouds or backstays.

CAPELER les haubans, to fix the shrouds on the mast-head.

CAPION, the stern-post of a galley. See RODE.

CAPION de proue, the stem of a galley.

CAPION à capion, from stem to stern.

CAPITAINE d'un vaisseau de guerre, the captain of a ship of war.

CAPITAINE d'armes, a captain of marines.

CAPITAINE du hautbord, the captain of a ship of the line.

CAPITAINE du petit état, a master and commander.

CAPITAINE de ports, the commandant of a detachment of marines, appointed to guard a dock-yard, and the shipping in the harbour.

CAPITAINE des matelots, an officer resembling our captain of the fore-castle.

CAPITAINE en second, the second captain, or first lieutenant of a ship of war.

CAPITAINE garde-côte, a captain of the militia appointed to guard the coasts.

CAPITANE, or CAPITAINESSE, a name formerly given to the principal galley of France.

CAPLANIER, a cod-fisher, a veffel appointed to fish and cure cod; also the men employed in this service.

CAPON, the cat-tackle.

CAPONNE, the order to cat the anchor.

CAPONNER l' ancre, to cat the anchor, or draw it up at the cat-head.

CAPOSER, to bring a ship to, with her helm a-lee.

Faire CAPOT, to cant, over-set or turn topsy-turvy.

CAPRE, a vessel of war, or armed ship.

CAQUE de poudre, a powder-cask; also a herring-barrel; whence

CAQUEURS, tailors appointed to cure and barrel the herring.

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