COUSSIN de bittes, the fir-lining or doubling of the bits. See CHEVET.

COUSSIN de canon, the bed of a cannon which supports the breech.

COUSSINS, the mats of the top-rims, used to prevent the top-sails from being fretted by striking the edges of the tops.

COUSSINS d'amures, the mats nailed over the chess-tree, to prevent the clue of the main-sail from being galled when the tack is aboard.

COUSTIERES, the shrouds of a galley, which are usually formed of runners and tackles. See COULADOUX.

COUT d'assurance. See PRIME assurance.

COUTELAS. See BONNETTES en étui.

COUTURE, a seam between the planks of the deck or side of a ship.

COUTURE, de cueille de voile, the team of a sail.

COUTURE ouverte, an open team, or one from which the oakum has been expelled by the straining of the ship, &c.

COUVERTE, the deck of a ship, in the dialect of Provence.

COUVERTE de l'isoscele de proue, the fore castle, or fore-deck, of a galley, together with the space beneath it, where the cannon are planted.

COUVERTURES de fanaux a sort of tubs to cover the top and poop-lanthorns, in order to preserve them when they are not in use.

CRAIE, a small Swedish ship, without top-masts or top-sails.

CRAMP, a cramp-iron; also the book of a block.

CRAQUER, to crack or strain; expressed of a ship that labours greatly in a turbulent sea.

CRAVAN, a barnacle, or small shell-fish, of a disagreeable taste, which fastens to a ship's bottom in a long voyage.

CREUX, the depth of the hold from the lower-deck beams to the floor.

CREUX d'une voile, the belly or cavity of a sail, which retains the wind.

CRIBLÉ, pierced with holes; expressed of a ship that has been much damaged by worms or cannon-shot.

Une voile CRIBLÉE, a sail much damaged by shot.

CRIQUE, a creek, or small natural harbour.

CROC, a boat-hook, or setting-pole.

CROC de candelette, the hook of the foretackle. See CAPON.

CROC de pompe, the pump-hook.

CROCS de palans, the tackle-hooks.

CROCHETS d'armes, certain crutches, or hooks, to support the small-arms in the cabins of a ship of war.

CROCHETS de retraite, the eye-bolts, in the train of a gun-carriage, wherein are hooked the relieving tackles.

CROISÉE de l'ancre, the cross of the anchor; or that part where the shank terminates at the arms.

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