Nautical words
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- Pump Brake.
- Pump Leather.
- Puoy.
| Pulling (an Oar). Propelling a boat by facing aft and pulling on an oar, or oars.
Pulling Boat. Any boat propelled by the pulling of oars. Pulpit. Guard-rail round the bows of a yacht. Pulse. Very short (usually less than one-millionth of 1 second) radio signals transmitted in rapid succession by a radar transmitter. Pump Box. Casing covering top of a pump. 2. Leather piston fitted with a non-return valve. Pump Brake. Handle by which a pump is worked. Pump Hook. Hook, with long handle, for lifting a leather pump box. Pumping. Of barometer: fluctuations in height of mercury column due to violent movement of ship, or of wind effect at cistern. Pump Leather. Stout leather from which pump boxes were formerly J made. Pump Spear. Rod to which upper pump-box was attached. Pump Well. Shaped space into which water flows, and from which it is pumped; pump suctions leading to it. Punt. Small craft propelled by pushing on a pole whose lower end rests on the bottom of the waterway. 2. To propel a boat by resting end of a pole on bottom of waterway. 3. Copper punt. Puoy. Spiked pole used for propelling a barge or boat by resting its outboard end on an unyielding object. Purchase. Mechanical advantage gained by leverage, tackle or positioning. 2. Apparatus by which mechanical advantage is gained. Download 2.28 Mb. Share with your friends:
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