CARAMOUSSAIL, a merchant-ship of Turkey, constructed with a very high stern.

CARAOUE, a name given by the Portuguese to ships employed in the Brazil and the East-India trade.

CARAVELLE, a small square-sterned Portuguese vessel, navigated with lateen sails; and esteemed very expeditious.

CARCASSE, the carcase or ribs of a ship, before the planks are laid on, or after they are ripped off.

CARENAGE, a careening wharf.

CARENE, the outside of a ship's bottom. This word is sometimes used for the keel.

CARENE entier, a thorough careen, by which a ship is heaved keel-out.

Demie CARENE, a parliament-heel, or boot-topping.

CARENER, donner la carene à un vaisseau, to careen or heave down a ship with careening

tackles to a wharf or pontoon.

CARGADOR, the person who procures a freight or voyage for a merchant ship.

CARGAISON, the cargo, or articles of a ship's lading.

CARGUE à veu, a flab-line.

CARGUER, to clue up a sail, or haul it up in the brails.

CARGUER l'artimon, to brail up the mizen.

CARGUER le point de la voile qui est sous le vent, to haul up the lee-clue-garnet, or goose-quill of a sail.

CARGUES, a general name for the brails of a sail, comprehending the clue-lines, bunt-lines, leech-lines, &c.

CARGUES d'artimon, the brails of the mizen.

Mettre les basses voiles sur les CARGUES, to haul-up the courses, or haul the courses up in the brails.

Mettre les huniers sur les CARGUES, to clue-up the top-sails.

CARGUES-boulines, the leech-lines.

CARGUES de fond, the bunt-lines.

CARGUES de hune. See RETRAITE de hune.

CARGUES dessous le vent, the lee-brails, & c.

CARGUES du vent, the brails to windward, or weather-brails.

CARGUES point, the clue-garnets, or clue-lines.

CARGUEUR, the top-block of a top-gallant-mast.

CARLINGUE, or contre quille, the kelson.

CARLINGUE de cabestan, the step of the capstern.

CARLINGUE de pied de mât, the step of a mast.

CARNAU, the lateen foresail of a settee or polacre.

CARREAU. See LISSE de platbord.

CARTAHU, girt-line, or gurt-line.

CARTE marine, a chart or map of the sea, representing it's banks, rocks, shoals, bays, havens, &c.

CARTE plate, or au point commun, the plain chart.

CARTEL, a ship employed to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers; or to carry requests and proposals from one to the other.

CARTON, a book containing a collection of charts in folio.

CARTOUCH, a cartridge to contain a charge of powder for a cannon or other fire-arm.

CATARACTS, water-falls.

CATIMARON, a catamaran, or Indian raft.

CATURES, armed vessels of Bantam.

CAYES, keys, or chains of rocks, nearly even with the surface of the sea.

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