Explore a crossword featuring obsolete shipping jargons once common in maritime trade and navigation.
Nautical Terms Lost to Time
Explore the forgotten jargon of old maritime trade with this crossword featuring obsolete shipping terms.
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Across
- 1. Beam used to support the anchor when hoisting
- 2. The aft mast on a three-masted ship
- 3. Small auxiliary mast on a sailing ship
- 5. Storage locker located in the stern
- 6. Highest square sail on a mast
- 12. Housing for a ship's compass
- 14. Unit of depth equal to six feet
- 16. Short rope used to secure equipment
- 19. Drain hole on the deck
Down
- 4. Wooden posts on deck for securing ropes
- 7. A fore-and-aft sail on the aft mast
- 8. Part of the deck reserved for officers
- 9. Attaching a rope to a pin or cleat
- 10. Outer extremity of a square sail yard
- 11. Spar that extends forward from the bow
- 13. Railing around the stern deck
- 15. Device for raising the anchor
- 17. Rope used to raise sails or flags
- 18. Vertical spindle used for winding ropes
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