ERSE de poulie. See ESTROPE.

ERSES, or ÉTROPES d'affût, the strops or eye-bolts in the train of a gun-carriage, to which the train-tackles are hooked.

ESCADRE, a squadron of ships of war.

ESCALE. See EGALE.

ESCANDOLA, the cabin of the argouSIN of a row-galley.

ESCARBITE, a caulker's oil-box; or the case which contains the thrums steeped in oil, to clean his irons when he is at work.

ESCARPÉ, steep-to; expressed of a shore which may be approached without danger.

ESCARPINE, a sort of musketoon used by privateers and pirates.

ESCHILON. See ECHILON.

ESCOPE or rather ECOPE, a skeet TO WET

wet the sails, or the ship's fide. See ECOPE.

ESCOT, the aftmost lower corner of a lateen-sail.

ESPALE, the aftmost bank or thwart of a row-galley.

ESPALIER, the person who rows with the handle of the oar, or who is at the inner extremity, and rises at every stroke to guide it.

ESPALMER, to pay the bottom of a vessel with sope, &c. after having breamed her.

ESPOIR, a small piece of artillery, formed of brass, and mounted on the deck of a ship, more particularly the caraques of Portugal.

ESPONTON, a sort of half-pike, employed to defend a ship from the assault of boarding.

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