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CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT oar
main course
The largest sail of a suit of sails for a square rigged vessel.
CL components
BT sail component
main sail
The largest sail of a suit of sails for a fore and aft rigged vessel.
CL components
BT sail component
RT top sail
main sheet
The rope which controls the largest sail.
CL components
BT rigging component
main sheet horse
A wooden or metal bar fixed athwartships (across the width of the vessel)
to the deck of a sailing vessel on to which the main sheet is fastened, usually
being able to slide along the horse.
CL components
BT horse (component)
maintenance and repairing equipment
Equipment designed for use in maintenance and repair in an inland
waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT boat maintenance equipment
NT boat repair equipment
NT dredging equipment
NT ship repair equipment
NT waterway maintenance equipment
making iron
A flat or grooved edge iron used to compress the oakum in the seam.
CL tools and equipment
BT caulking iron
NT double crease iron
NT single crease iron
NT treble crease iron
USE maul
Manchester flat
Adaptation of the Mersey flat. Manchester flats sailed along the
Bridgewater Canal.
CL transport
BT canal flat
mandrel
Cylindrical tapered rods of iron or wood designed to hold a hollow part
while it is being forged or turned.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
mane comb
Grooming comb for untangling mane and tail hair.
CL tools and equipment
BT equine maintenance equipment
Manvers keel
Variation of the Humber keel, trading principally to Manvers Main colliery
on the Dearne and Dove Canal. Size 58ft x 14ft 10 inches.
CL transport
BT Humber keel
margin plank
The outermost plank of a wooden deck.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
BT plank (boat component)
marine engine
An engine designed for use in boats or ships.
CL tools and equipment
BT motive power producing equipment
NT harbourmaster unit
market boat
Carrying goods and passengers over short distances, principally to
markets.
UF luggage boat
CL transport
BT canal passenger boat
marking equipment
Equipment designed for marking in an inland waterways context. Do not use
for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT branding iron
NT branding stamp
NT punch
marline spike
A pointed iron spike 6-18 inches long, usually pierced at the head. Used
for opening the strands of ropes when splicing.
CL tools and equipment
BT rope working equipment
martingale
Decorative shaped leather connecting strap, usually fitted with brasses.
Hangs between the horse's fore legs. Fixed to lower point of the collar and
belly band.
UF false martingale
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
mast
Vertical pole, often supported by stays and shrouds, providing an anchor
point for sails or towing.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
NT mizzen
NT pole mast
NT polka mast
RT bobbin
NT halyard
NT mast step
NT shroud
NT spar
NT stand
NT stay
NT yard
mast and spar component
Objects which are components of mast and spar systems. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL components
BT wind powered propulsion system component
NT bobbin
NT boom
NT gaff
NT sprit
NT tabernacle
NT top mast
NT truck (boat component)
mast box
Heavily constructed wooden box, approx 6ft x 10 x 10 with a hollow centre
to house and support a sliding towing mast on canal narrow boats.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine powered propulsion system component
USE Mersey sailing flat
mast pin
Metal pin used to secure the top mast into the box mast at the required
height on narrow boats.
CL components
BT pin
RT box mast
NT top mast
mast step
A shaped depression or block cut into or mounted on the keelson, into
which the heel of the mast is fixed.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
RT keelson
masthead lamp
Lamp with plain or dioptric lens in large lamp fitted with side rings for
running up the mast. Usually half round form with flat back and door.
CL tools and equipment
BT navigation lamp
BT ship's lamp
RT stern lamp
maul
A term for various tools used for driving.
UF beater
UF mall
UF mawl
CL tools and equipment
BT shipbuilding equipment
BT striking equipment
NT ship maul hammer
USE maul
meag
Used to cut the roots of plants on the Norfolk Broads.
CL tools and equipment
BT waterway maintenance equipment
Measham teapot
Distinctive eathernware design with dark brown glaze and cream/red flowers
in relief, often with a small plaque bearing a greetings message. Larger teapots
sometimes have small teapot incorporated into the lid. Sold at Measham to
boaters, but not produced by Masons of Swadlincote. Often given to other boaters
as gifts. Other items of Measham ware include tobacco jars, jugs etc.
'Bargeware' and 'barge pots' are often used to describe Measham ware by land
based people.
UF barge pot
UF bargeware
CL containers
measuring equipment
Objects which are used for measuring in an inland waterways context. Do
not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT bevel
NT bevel board
NT float type gauging stick
NT folding gauging stick
NT gauging stick
NT rope gauge
NT shipwright's plumb bob
NT shipwright's plumb line
NT sounding pole
NT sounding rod
NT weighing equipment
Mersey barge
Motor craft and earlier steam powered craft used in and around the Mersey
Estuary- the first on the Weaver in 1911. Larger craft replaced steam powered
boats in the 1940s, carrying up to 285 tons.
CL transport
BT barge
NT Rochdale Canal steam packet
NT Weaver packet
Mersey flat
The family of craft of the Mersey estuary and local rivers. They included
sailing flats, unpowered flats, canal flats and coastal flats.
CL transport
BT barge
NT canal flat
NT Mersey sailing flat
Mersey sailing flat
They went up the St Helens Canal, the Weaver, the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation and the Runcorn and Latchford Canal. Up to mid C18 they were doubled
ended and square sailed. From mid C18 to mid C19 they developed a transom stern
and fore and aft rig. From mid C19 returned to a double ended shape but with a
fore and aft rig. All around 72ft x 14ft.
UF mast flat
CL transport
BT Mersey flat
BT sail propelled boat
NT inside flat
NT outside flat
NT Weaver sailing flat
metalworking equipment
Objects which are used for metalworking in an inland waterways context. Do
not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by material worked upon>
NT bench shears
NT blacksmith's equipment
middle Northwich
This type of narrow boat is one of 8 steel pairs built by W.J. Yarwood of
Northwich in 1935/6. They are part of the Star Class series of boats built for
the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company.
CL transport
BT star class boat
mine boat
Craft principally designed to work underground in quarries and mines,
generally short and narrow but boat shaped rather than rectangular.
CL transport
BT <craft by context>
NT Crooke mine boat
NT Gwauncaegurwen mine boat
NT Harecastle mine boat
NT Nent Force mine boat
NT Speedwell mine boat
NT Worsley mine boat
miscellaneous cargo craft types
Miscellaneous cargo craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific
term.
CL transport
BT cargo vessel
NT Aberdeenshire Canal boat
NT Adelphi Canal boat
NT Arbury Canal boat
NT Arisaig Canal boat
NT bastard boat
NT Burton Boat Company Canal boat
NT Cemlyn Canal boat
NT Chelmer barge
NT Cinderford Canal boat
NT Compstall Canal boat
NT Croydon Canal boat
NT Dudley Canal tunnel boat
NT Eardington Forge Canal boat
NT Emmets Canal boat
NT Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat
NT Grand Union Canal wide boat
NT Haigh Canal boat
NT Kilbagie Canal boat
NT Liskeard and Looe Union boat
NT Llechryd Canal boat
NT Muirkirk Canal boat
NT Severner
NT Sir Nigel Gresley Canal boat
NT Somerset turf boat
NT Somerset withy boat
NT Stevenston Canal boat
NT Thorne and Hatfield Canal boat
NT Tremadoc Canal boat
NT Wilson House Canal boat
NT Woodeaves Canal boat
NT Worcester and Birmingham Canal barge
mizzen
The after most (nearest the stern or rear of a vessel) mast.
UF jigger (mast)
CL components
BT mast
modesty flap
A hinged flap inside a narrow boat cabin which divides the side bed from
the main bed.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
monkey boat
Said to relate to Mr. Monk, a boat owner in London. A term used more on
the Grand Junction / London waterways.
USE narrow boat
monkey's fist
A ball of rope made by knotting around a weight, with a loop at one end.
Acts as a toggle as part of a towing line and gives weight to a line when it is
thrown.
CL tools and equipment
BT ropework
Monmouthshire Canal boat
60ft x 8ft 6.9in all the boats were built with cabins.
CL transport
BT Welsh narrow boat
mooring pin
Metal pin to tie mooring ropes to. It is either fixed to the boat or
hammered into the bank.
CL components
BT pin
mortise chisel
A general term for various chisels used for mortising (creating a hole to
receive a projection and make a joint). All have an extra strong blade, a stout
handle to take the blows of the mallet and the blades are characterised by being
thicker back-to-front than other chisels in order to resist bending when
levering out the waste in a deep mortice.
CL tools and equipment
BT chisel
BT woodworking equipment
motive power producing equipment
Equipment used for producing motive pwer in an inland waterways context.
Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT power producing equipment
NT marine engine
NT oar
NT paddle
USE motor narrow boat
motor boat tiller
Removable metal tube fitted to the rudder stock to provide steering
leverage.
CL components
BT tiller
RT motor narrow boat
NT tiller bar
motor cruiser
A craft permanently fitted with accommodation for overnight stays and
primarily used for holidays, privately owned or hired. Fitted with beds or bunks
and often with shower or bath. Powered by an engine.
CL transport
BT cruiser
NT aft cockpit cruiser
NT centre steering cruiser
NT dual steering cruiser
NT forward steering cruiser
motor narrow boat
The first English trials of motor narrow boats took place just before the
1st World War, 1914-1918, and mostly involved conversion of horse boats. From
the 1920s new motor boats were built with a counter stern and an underwater
shape designed to maximize the efficiency of the propeller.
UF motor boat
CL transport
BT diesel powered boat
BT narrow boat
RT motor boat tiller
NT pigeon box
moulded boat
A boat constructed by moulding.
CL transport
BT <craft by construction>
moulding plane
A class of thin-bodied planes with variously shaped soles and blades whose
cutting edges form many various mouldings.
CL tools and equipment
BT plane
moving and transport equipment
Equipment used for moving and transporting in an inland waterways context.
Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT towing equipment
mud hopper
A craft designed to carry the waste products of inland waterway
maintenance work primarily dredgings.
CL transport
BT waste disposal vessel
mud scoop
A leather bag held by a round iron frame on the end of a long pole. Used
for hand dredging of the canal.
CL tools and equipment
BT dredging equipment
BT waterway maintenance equipment
Muirkirk Canal boat
Size and shape unknown.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
mule
Mule rigged spritsail barge with a gaff rigged mizzen.
CL transport
BT Thames barge
RT boomie
NT stumpy barge
mushroom anchor
An anchor consisting of a straight length with a bowl shape at the end
(like an inverted mushroom).
CL tools and equipment
BT anchor
mushroom ventilator
A tube fitted vertically to the deck of a boat with a moveable
hemispherical cover to allow fresh air to enter enclosed spaces.
CL components
BT ventilator
muzzle
Basket of wire or leather to fit over the horse's mouth or muzzle to
prevent grazing when under way. Also fitted to horses liable to bite or snap.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
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