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In naval architecture, a taffrail is the handrail around the open deck area toward the stern of a ship or boat. The rear deck of a ship is often called the afterdeck or poop deck. Not all ships have an afterdeck or poop deck. Sometimes taffrail refers to just the curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman ship.
Chrysostom: " And He says not only, If they have reviled the master of the house, but expresses the very words of railing, for they had called Him Beelzebub." [3] Jerome: " Beelzebub is the idol of Accaron who is called in the book of Kings, the God of flies; ‘Bel,’ signifying idol; (2 Kings 1:3.) ‘zebub,’ a fly. The Prince of the ...
Ratlines (/ ˈ r æ t l ɪ n z /) are lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a ladder. [1] Found on all square-rigged ships, whose crews must go aloft to stow the square sails, they also appear on larger fore-and-aft rigged vessels to aid in repairs aloft or conduct a lookout from above.
The 6-to-8.5-kilometre-long (3 + 3 ⁄ 4 to 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi) roadway was a rudimentary form of railway, [3] and operated from c. 600 BC until the middle of the first century AD. [4] The Diolkos combined the two principles of the railway and the overland transport of ships, on a scale that remained unique in antiquity .
Scupper: 8. hole (with grille cover), 9. pipe, 10. outlet. There are two main kinds of scuppers: Ships have scuppers at deck level, to allow for ocean or rainwater drain-off. [1] Buildings with railed rooftops may have scuppers to let rainwater drain instead of pooling within the railing. Scuppers can also be placed in a parapet, for the same ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. The World English Bible translates the passage as: and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken ...
Immortalized by Jack and Rose in the famous movie scene, a significant part of the railing on the Titanic’s bow has fallen off the iconic ship, new images show. “We are saddened by this loss ...
Glory (1802 ship) was an East Indiaman launched in 1802. She made two complete voyages as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC) before she disappeared in November 1808 while homeward bound from her third voyage. On her second voyage she participated in the British expedition to capture the Cape of Good Hope.