Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Upload file; Permanent link; Page information ... Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Glossary of nautical terms ...
This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea). Some remain current, while many date from the 17th to 19th centuries.
This is a back-end template for table-based glossary templates that are transcluded into (i.e., displayed) in relevant articles. For examples of glossary templates that use {{Glossary infobox}} for their layout as well as the corresponding lists of articles where they are transcluded, see #Example glossaries that use this template below.
Some terms may be used within other English-speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing). For example, shore power is a term borrowed from shipping terminology, in which electrical power is transferred from shore to ship, instead of the ship relying upon idling its engines.
The template {{}} (a.k.a. {{glossary start}} or {{glossary begin}}) is used with {{glossary end}} to explicitly bracket a glossary or glossary-like description list (also called a definition list or association list), especially in a template-structured glossary, although such lists can be used more generally.
Do not make individual terms in a template-structured glossary into headings. Doing so will produce garbled output. The terms will be linkable without being headings. Use the templates as a set, and do not mix-and-match glossary templates with wikimarkup description list code (; and : style) or other markup.
Parameter id identifies a location within the glossary. It is practically mandatory; if id is not defined, the template generates a link to the "Glossary of contract bridge terms" as a whole. To find the id value for a glossary entry, open the glossary in edit mode and examine the code for that entry. See entry 'Deal' for example:
The template {} (a.k.a. {{glossary start}} or {{glossary begin}}) is used with {{glossary end}} to explicitly bracket a glossary or glossary-like description list (also called a definition list or association list), especially in a template-structured glossary, although such lists can be used more generally.