COUP de mer, the shock of a wave of the sea, striking a ship violently, and rushing over her deck.

COUP de parlance, a farewell-gun; a gun fired as a signal for sailing.

COUP de vent, a sudden squall or gust of wind.

COUPS de canon à l'eau, shot received under water, or between wind and water.

COUPS de canon en bois, shot received in the upper works of a ship.

COUPER la lame, to cut the sea; to divide the waves.

COUPER le cable, ou les mâts, to cut the ca ble, or cut away the masts.

COUPER l'ennemi, to thwart or cross the enemy's course, in giving chace to him.

COUPLE de haubans, a pair of shrouds.

COUPLE du lof, or du balancement, the loof-frame or loof-timbers.

COUPLES d'un vaisseau, the frame-timbers of a ship. See GABARI.

COURADOUX, between-decks; the space betwixt any two decks of a ship; also the place where the soldiers sleep in a galley. See ENTRE-PONT.

COURANT, a current or stream at sea.

COURBATONS, small knees, fixed in the upper part of a ship, for the same purposes as the courbes are, in the lower parts.

COURBATONS DE L'ÉPERON. See HERPES de poulaine and MONTANS.

COURBE capucine the standard which fastens the cut-water to the stem.

COURBES, a general name for the larger knees of a ship.

COURBES d'arcasse, the transom-knees, or sleepers.

COURSES de bittes, the standards of the cable-bits. See CONTRE-BITTES.

COURTS d' écubier, the cheeks of the head. See JOTTEREAUX.

COURBES d'equerre, or à fausse équerre, knees which are right-angular; and knees which are within, or without a square.

COURCIVE, or COURCITE, a half-deck, formed in a vessel which is not wholly decked.

COUREAU, a small yawl of the Garonne.

COURÉE or COUROI, a composition, or stuff, used to pay a ship's bottom at the time of docking or breaming.

COURIR, imports, in general, to sail, to advance at sea, to stand onward; as, COURIR à l'autre bord, to stand upon the other tack.

COURIR au large, to stand off. See TIRER à la mer.

COURIR au plus près, to run close upon a wind.

COURIR en latitude, to run down latitude.

COURIR en longitude, to run down longitude.

COURIR la bouline, to run the gauntlope.

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