PRÉLART, or PRÉLAT, a tarpauling.

PRENDRE chasse. See CHASSER.

PRENDRE hauteur, to take the altitude of the sun, or a star. See HAUTEUR.

PRENDRE les amures, to get aboard the tacks. See AMURER.

PRENDRE terre. See TERRE & terrir.

PRENDRE vent devant, to be taken with the wind ahead.

PRENDRE un bosse, to make fast; or clap on the stopper.

PRENDRE un ris, to take in a reef.

PRENEUR, vaisseau PRENEUR, the captor, or vessel that has taken a prize.

PRES & plein! full and by! the order to the steersman to keep the ship close to the wind, without shaking the sails.

PRESENTER la grande bouline, to snatch the main bowline, or put it into the snatch.block.

PRESENTER au vent, to sail so as the ship stems, without making lee.way.

PRESSER, to press, or constrain into small compass in stowage; as cotton, wool, or such like material.

PRETRE le côté, to range abreast of a ship, in order to give her a broadside. See EFFACER.

PREVOT général de la marine, a provost.marshal of the marine, or officer whose duty resembles that of the judge.advocate of the naval courts.martial.

PREVOT marinier, the swabber of a ship, who also chastises the criminals, as being usually the most abandoned of the crew: this part of his duty is performed in English ships by the boatswain.

PRIME d'assurance, insurance paid by the merchant for insuring the ship's cargo.

PRISE, a prize, or ship taken from the enemy at sea.

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