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2. Cleat (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A horn cleat is the traditional design, featuring two “horns” extending parallel to the deck or the axis of the spar, attached to a flat surface or a spar, and resembling an anvil. A cam cleat in which one or two spring-loaded cams pinch the rope, allowing the rope to be adjusted easily, and quickly released when under load.

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4. Sheet (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   A mainsheet is a line connected to the boom which allows a sailor to control the speed of a boat. The jib sheet attaches to the clew of the jib, and controls it. The jib has a sheet on each side, only one of which (the leeward one) will be in use at one time. The spinnaker sheet attaches to the clew(s) of the spinnaker, if carried. A ...

5. Foghorn - Wikipedia

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   Foghorn made with a marine shell, with a hole on its narrowest side An early form of fog signal: the fog bell at Fort Point Light Station, Maine. Audible fog signals have been used in one form or another for hundreds of years, initially simply seashell horns, fog bells or gongs struck manually.

6. Vehicle horn - Wikipedia

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   György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one tuned to a specific pitch. [12] The hornophone consists of a set of bulb horns tuned to a chromatic scale and arranged as a musical keyboard on a frame like a xylophone. The klaxophone is a similar musical instrument using a set of klaxons.

7. Conch (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   The Queen Conch Strombus gigas was, and sometimes still is, used as a trumpet in the West Indies and other parts of the Caribbean. The Arawak word ‘ fotuto ’ was used to describe this instrument, and is still used to this day to refer to conch horns, and analogously, to bullhorns .