Ropes-end to Rudder Band · Page 212 · The Nautical Encyclopedia

Ropes-endSea Terms

The end part of a rope.

Ropes-endedSea Terms

To inflict punishment by whipping a person with a rope's end.

Rose-lashingSea Terms

A lashing which is made by passing the parts alternately over and under, and finishing by passing the end of the lashing around the crossing.

Rose SeizingSea Terms

Same as rose-lashing.

Rough LogSea Terms

The original log, generally written in pencil.

Rough TreeSea Terms

A spar in the rough.

Round DownSea Terms

To overhaul a tackle so as to allow the lower block to come down.

Round HouseSea Terms

A house arranged for the convenience of the ship's company, situated near the bows.

Round InSea Terms

To haul in a rope quickly. To round in a weather brace.

Round LineSea Terms

Three right-handed yarns used for heavy service, such as the eyes of rigging, heavy seizings, etc.

Round RibbedSea Terms

A flat-built vessel. (See Part II.)

Round RobinSea Terms

A communication, or protest, signed by a number, and the signatures arranged in a circle, making it impossible to detect the first signer of the document.

Round SeizingSea Terms

Put on the eyes of rigging, etc. (See engravings.)

Racking, seizings, bends and fancy knots — round seizing, cat's-paw, running bowline, worming, diamond knots, sprit-sail sheet knot, two half-hitches, topsail halyard bend, shroud knots and midshipman's hitch

Round ToSea Terms

To change the course so that from sailing free the vessel is brought by the wind.

Round TopSea Terms

A platform of circular shape at the lowermast heads.

Round TurnSea Terms

To pass a rope entirely around anything.

Round UpSea Terms

To haul away on a tackle so as to bring the two blocks together.

RoundingSea Terms

Service placed on a rope or spar to take the chafe.

RousingSea Terms

To pull and haul by main force without the aid of tackles. To rouse up an anchor is to lift it without mechanical appliances.

RoutineSea Terms

(See Ship's Routine.)

RoverSea Terms

A pirate vessel; a pirate or freebooter.

RowlocksSea Terms

Squares cut in the wash-boards of boats for the oars to rest in. Thole pins are often referred to as rowlocks, as they form a rowlock elevated above the gunwale.

Boat gear — balsa or life raft, boatswain's chair, bale, barrel and cask slings, lark's head, slippery hitch, bellows fog-horn, boat-hook heads, yacht's dingey, deck and dead lights, thole pin and rowlock

RoyalSea Terms

A square sail next above a topgallant sail. A ship carries fore, main and mizzen royals.

Royal MastSea Terms

If it is a fidded royal mast it is a separate spar rising above the topgallant mast, but otherwise it is that part of the topgallant mast above the shoulder (and terminating at the truck) from which the topgallant rigging leads. In the latter case it is also referred to as a royal pole.

The mast from truck to lower rigging — royal mast, topgallant mast, topmast, cap, top, trestle-trees, cross-trees and futtock rigging

Royal PoleSea Terms

(See Royal Mast.)

Royal YardSea Terms

The yard next above the topgallant yard. The royal is bent to the royal yard.

Masts, spars, etc. — single-tree lower mast, topmast, topgallant mast, lower yard, topsail yard, topgallant yard and royal yard

RubberSea Terms

An instrument used by sailmakers to flatten the seams of a sail.

RudderSea Terms

An instrument for steering a vessel, consisting of a flat frame of wood or iron hung upon the stern post by means of pintles and gudgeons.

Ship's bell, the rudder and the jury rudder

Rudder BandSea Terms

An iron band placed around the head of a wooden rudder.