_Rolling-tackle_ is a number of pulleys, engaged to confine the yard to
the weather side of the mast; this tackle is much used in a rough sea.
_Booms_ are masts or yards, lying on board in reserve.
_The Courses_ are the mainsail, foresail, and the mizen.
_The Staysail_ is of a triangular form, running upon the
fore-topmast-stay, just above the bowsprit.
_Reef-tackles_ are ropes employed in the operation of reefing. &c.
_Clue-lines_ are used to truss up the clues, or to lower the corners of
the largest sails.
_The Brake_ is the handle of the pump, by which it is worked.
_Bowlines_ are ropes for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady.
_The Wells_ are places in the ship's hold for the pumps, &c.
_Earings_ are small lines, by which the uppermost corners of the largest
sails are secured to the yard-arms.
_Reefs_ are spaces by which the principal sails are reduced when the
wind is too high, and enlarged again when its force abates.
_Topsails_ are long and square, of the second degree in magnitude in all
great ships.
_Haliards_ are single ropes, by which the sails are hoisted up and
lowered at pleasure.
_Tally_ is the operation of hauling aft the _sheets_, or drawing them in
the direction of the ship's stern.
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