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cabin block
Wedge shaped block used to support the rear most running planks on a
narrow boat.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
cabin boat
Description for a long distance narrow boat with a living cabin- as
referred to by day boatmen.
CL transport
BT <craft by accommodation>
cabin frame
Timber structure providing the support and shape to a cabin (usually a
canal narrow boat).
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
USE hand bowl
cabin lamp
Small lamps for cabin illumination, either hanging or fixed to the wall,
often oil lamps.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat lighting equipment
cabin mop
An implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used
especially for cleaning cabin roof decks and floors. Probably available for
general use from ironmongers but adapted for use on narrow boats.
UF spike mop
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
BT cleaning equipment
cabin shaft
Short shaft placed on a narrow boat roof for use where a longer boat shaft
is not needed.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat shaft
cabin slide
A wooden or metal shutter which slides on runners to cover the entrance
opening in a cabin roof.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
cabin stool
Stool with rectangular top and lipped sides on the 2 longer sides. Solid
sides down from 2 short ends with cut out curved triangular shape to form 2
legs. Usually decorated in the roses and castles style. Probably derived from
painted kitchen stools sold in Victorian ironmongers.
UF narrow boat stool
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
camping boat
A craft fitted for overnight accommodation usually under canvas, often a
narrow boat hold fitted for camping use.
CL transport
BT recreational craft
camping punt
Principally used on the River Thames. A punt hull with iron hoops holding
a canvas cover and the internal seating converting to bed bases.
CL transport
BT punt
USE watercan
Canadian canoe
Native North American canoe originally made of birch bark, propelled by
single ended paddles.
CL transport
BT canoe
canal construction equipment
Equipment designed for canal construction. Do not use for indexing. Use a
more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT construction equipment
NT grafting spade
NT puddler
canal flat
Unrigged, non sailing flats working on canals and under tow. They were
between 68 to 72 feet long and 13' 6 inches to 14' 9 inches wide.
UF cut flat
CL transport
BT Mersey flat
NT Birkenhead flat
NT Bridgewater flat
NT Manchester flat
NT Preston flat
NT Rochdale flat
NT Shropshire Union flat
NT Weaver flat
canal passenger boat
Boats designed and used for conveying passengers on inland waterways on a
regular basis.
CL transport
BT passenger vessel
NT long distance passenger boat
NT market boat
NT swift passenger boat
USE steam scow
Cann Quarry tub boat
Size unknown.
CL transport
BT tub boat
canoe
A boat pointed fore and aft in imitation of native North American craft,
propelled by small paddles with circular blades.
CL transport
BT human powered boat
BT recreational craft
NT Canadian canoe
NT collapsible canoe
NT kayak
NT Rob Roy
cant frame
Frames at the bow and stern which are angled or 'canted' to the keel.
CL components
BT frame
cants
Raised wooden edge to deck area on canal narrow boats.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
carbon fibre boat
A boat whose main construction material is carbon fibre.
CL transport
BT <craft by material>
cargo handling equipment
Equipment used regularly in handling cargoes carried by waterway. Do not
use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT handling equipment
NT derrick
NT derrick pole
NT hand grab
NT hook
NT sack beater
NT sack chute
NT skid
NT sling
NT strop
NT wherry wheelbarrow
cargo handling system component
Parts of a system used to handle waterway cargoes. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL components
BT system component
NT anchor windlass
NT blopping board
NT derrick pole
NT gin block
NT grab bucket
NT stower
NT tripping bucket
NT winch
cargo vessel
Vessel designed for carrying cargoes on inland waterways. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL transport
BT transport craft
NT barge
NT fly boat
NT miscellaneous cargo craft types
NT narrow boat
cargo weighing equipment
Equipment used for weighing cargoes carried on inland waterways. Do not
use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT weighing equipment
NT sack scales
USE carling
USE carling
carling
Supports across the width of the boat for the deck and the beams
supporting the hatchboards of a 'carlin hatch'.
UF carlin
UF carline
UF deck beam (carling)
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
carpenter's adze
Long handled adzes whose blade is beveled on the inside; later adzes have
pins on the head which are used for driving spikes.
CL tools and equipment
BT adze
BT boatbuilding equipment
carrying equipment
Equipment used for carrying in an inland waterways context. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT handling equipment
NT navvy's yoke
NT ship's bucket
carvel built boat
A boat of a carvel construction with planks butting up to one another to
give smooth sides to the boat.
CL transport
BT <craft by construction>
USE rond anchor
USE hand grab
caulking box
A wooden box with a sliding lid used to hold caulking irons. There may be
a ring at one end of the box which can fit over a caulking mallet so that the
box can be carried over the shoulder.
CL tools and equipment
BT caulking equipment
caulking equipment
The equipment used to force and seal stranded oakum into the seams between
planks on a wooden boat or ship. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific
term.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat repair equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
BT ship repair equipment
BT shipbuilding equipment
NT caulking box
NT caulking iron
NT caulking mallet
NT oakum
NT oil box
NT pitch ladle
NT pitch mop
USE caulking mallet
caulking iron
Steel tools usually with a large, thick, flat blade made as a single piece
with a narrower handle and striking surface; used in conjunction with a caulking
mallet to drive various materials into seams and crevices to make joints water
and airtight.
CL tools and equipment
BT caulking equipment
NT bent iron
NT jerry iron
NT making iron
NT reaming iron
NT set iron
NT sharp iron
NT spike iron
NT trenail iron
caulking mallet
Long-headed wooden mallets used for driving caulking irons. The head is
usually made of beech or lignum vitae. The ends of the head are usually circled
with thick iron rings that can be moved back as the head wears down.
UF caulking hammer
CL tools and equipment
BT caulking equipment
ceiling plank
A plank which forms part of the lining or ceiling of the vessel's hold.
CL components
BT plank (boat component)
Cemlyn Canal boat
Approximate size 29ft x 9ft.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
centre steering cruiser
Motor cruiser steered from about half way aft where a bridge deck
separates two parts of the accommodation and provides good visibility.
CL transport
BT motor cruiser
centre thwart
The seat in the centre of a rowing boat.
CL components
BT thwart
chain plate
A metal plate with a hole at its top, fastened vertically to the side of a
vessel to form an anchoring point for standing rigging.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT deadeye
NT lanyard
chalico
Mixture of gas tar, pitch, tallow, horse dung and horse or cow hair
traditionally used by Midlands boatbuilders to treat the inside of the side
planking on a boat, prior to the application of shearing.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat repair equipment
RT shearing
channel clearance craft
Craft designed for clearing the channel on inland waterways. Do not use
for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL transport
BT <craft by function>
NT dredger
NT ice breaker
NT ice clearer
NT surface debris clearer
NT weed cutting boat
Chelmer barge
Barge type specific to the rivers Chelmer and Blackwater and limited to
2ft draught. Boats were 60ft x16ft carrying up to 27 tons. Both double ended and
transom sterned types existed. The hold extended from a stern deck right through
to the stern port. Wooden horse drawn craft replaced by powered steel craft in
the 1950's.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
RT steam barge
Chesterfield Canal boat
Chesterfield Boats are very high in the hold and built with a pair of
large wooden breast pieces said to stop them putting their nose under the waves
on the River Trent on which they traded. Chesterfield boats often carried simple
sailing gear similar to that of Upper Trent Keels. Cabins were built under a
flush decked stern.
UF cuckoo boat
CL transport
BT narrow boat
chipping hammer
Used for boat and boiler maintenance for removing rust and scale.
CL tools and equipment
BT striking equipment
chisel
A cutting tool with a long steel blade, coming to a sharp edge. Usually
with a wooden handle.
CL tools and equipment
BT cutting equipment
NT cold chisel
NT mortise chisel
NT shipwright's chisel
chock (boat component)
Shaped piece of timber set between the hawse timbers of a keel.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT oar
chronometer
Specialised timekeeper compensated for temperature variation and designed
to maintain accuracy in shipboard conditions of humidity and continuous motion.
UF ship's clock
CL tools and equipment
BT ship's equipment
USE sill scoop
Cinderford Canal boat
Size and shape unknown.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
USE grab dredger
cleaning equipment
Equipment designed for cleaning 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 cabin mop
clew
The bottom corner of a fore and aft sail nearest the mast.
CL components
BT sail component
RT clewline
clewline
A rope attached to the clews of a sail, other than a course, and used to
pull the clews up and inwards when furling the sail.
UF clue line
CL components
BT rigging component
RT clew
clinker built boat
A boat of clinker construction where the planks overlap one another.
CL transport
BT <craft by construction>
NT coxed twelve
NT funny
NT perfect
NT peter boat
NT rumtum
NT shallop
NT wager
clinker eight
Similar to eight oared shell although heavier, but with overlapping planks
of clinker build. This craft was seldom over 60 feet long and could be as short
as 56 feet. The beam or width was from 24-27 inches and depth 8-9 inches.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
clinker four
Racing boat of clinker construction with length of 38-42 feet, a beam of
23-24 inches and a depth of 8-9 inches. Clinker construction.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
USE clewline
coal boat
A keel with wide hatches and no covering, used for carrying coal.
USE Yorkshire keel
coal box
Wooden box often decorated used to contain the domestic fuel supply in the
stern cabin of the narrow boat, which doubles as a step down into the cabin.
CL tools and equipment
CL containers
BT boat equipment
Coalisland tub boat
Tub boats carrying 2 tons, 10ft x 4ft 6in.
CL transport
BT tub boat
coaming
The raised sides of a hatch.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
NT door coaming
NT hatch coaming
NT scuttle coaming
RT blopping board
NT headledge
coastal four
Four-oared racing shell with coxswain wider in the bean than conventional
racing shells to cope with sea conditions.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coastal single
Sculling boat wider in the beam than a conventional sculling boat to cope
with sea conditions.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
USE outside puffer
coffin plate
The plate joining two side plates over the keel of a vessel at the stern.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
cold chisel
Used for cutting cold metal.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
BT chisel
cold set
A cutting tool for cold metal, usually with a wooden handle and a roughly
triangular shaped metal head.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
collapsible canoe
A kayak that comes apart and stores in a bag.
CL transport
BT canoe
college barge
Mainly static craft used by the Oxford colleges, and were moored along the
banks. They were large, flat-bottomed vessels, approached by gangways, some
having attached floats or landing stages on the riverside.
CL transport
BT recreational craft
committee boat
Boats used by a committee to inspect its waterway, a variety of craft were
built for this purpose.
CL transport
BT inspection boat
communication system component
A part of a system designed for communication in an inland waterways
context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL components
BT system component
NT cox box
NT signal flag
communications equipment
Equipment designed for communication 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 diver's telephone
NT horn
NT klaxon
NT ship's megaphone
NT ship's telegraph
NT siren
NT speaking tube
competitive craft
Inland waterways craft designed for use in competition. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL transport
BT <craft by function>
NT best boat
NT clinker eight
NT clinker four
NT coastal four
NT coastal single
NT coxed eight
NT coxed four
NT coxed pair
NT coxed twelve
NT coxless four
NT coxless pair
NT double scull
NT frontloader
NT funny
NT half rater
NT Norfolk dinghy
NT Norfolk punt
NT octuple
NT outrigger pair
NT outrigger scull
NT perfect
NT quadruple scull
NT racing punt
NT randan
NT semi-racer punt
NT single scull
NT Thames rater
NT triple scull
NT tub pair
NT wager
NT Waveney One Design
NT whiff
NT Yare and Bure One Design
<component by general context>
CL components
NT fastener
<component by specific context>
CL components
NT lighting component
NT system component
NT watercraft component
composite boat
A boat whose hull is constructed from metal with a wooden bottom.
CL transport
BT <craft by material>
Compstall Canal boat
Possibly a tub boat, size 22ft x 6ft 5 inches x 3ft 6 inches.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
concrete boat
A boat whose main construction material is concrete.
CL transport
BT <craft by material>
construction equipment
Equipment designed for construction 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 boatbuilding equipment
NT canal construction equipment
NT sailmaking equipment
NT shipbuilding equipment
cooking equipment
Equipment designed for cooking in an inland waterways context. Do not use
for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT heating equipment
coracle
A class of vessels wooden framed and covered with skin they vary in size
and use but are of a size to be lifted and carried.
CL transport
BT skin boat
countersunk head nail
A type of nail commonly used for fastening iron guards to wooden vessels.
Used where a level surface finish is required.
UF guard nail
UF tram nail
UF tramway nail
CL components
BT nail
countersunk head rivet
A type of rivet used where a level surface finish is required.
CL components
BT rivet
cowl ventilator
A type of ventilator fitted to ships and barges.
CL components
BT ventilator
cox box
Used by a cox in competitive craft.
CL components
BT communication system component
coxed eight
An eight-oar racing shell with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each.
UF 8 oar
UF 8+
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxed four
A four-oar racing shell with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each.
UF 4 oar (coxed)
UF 4+
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxed pair
A pair-oar with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each.
UF 2+
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxed twelve
A twelve-oar with a coxswain. Used to pace the University crews at Putney
as late as 1863. Two were owned by the London Rowing Club but they were
eventually abandoned as they were unable to cope with rough water.
UF 12 oar
UF 12+
CL transport
BT clinker built boat
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxless four
A four-oar racing shell without a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each.
UF 4-
UF 4 oar (coxless)
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxless pair
A racing shell for two rowers without a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each.
UF 2-
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
coxwains
The seat at the stern of a rowing boat.
CL components
BT thwart
CL transport
NT box cabin boat
NT cabin boat
NT house lighter
NT open boat
NT open day boat
CL transport
NT carvel built boat
NT clinker built boat
NT moulded boat
CL transport
NT Aire and Calder compartment boat
NT BACAT barge
NT BACAT ship
NT jebus
NT mine boat
NT one hundred and seventy ton compartment boat
NT tub boat
CL transport
NT channel clearance craft
NT competitive craft
NT recreational craft
NT service craft
NT training craft
NT transport craft
NT waste disposal vessel
CL transport
NT blue top
NT henpeeked
CL transport
NT aluminium boat
NT carbon fibre boat
NT composite boat
NT concrete boat
NT fibreglass boat
NT iron boat
NT skin boat
NT steel boat
NT titanium boat
NT wooden boat
CL transport
NT diesel powered boat
NT electric powered boat
NT equine animal powered boat
NT fixed line powered boat
NT human powered boat
NT petrol powered boat
NT steam powered boat
NT tide or current powered boat
NT unpowered boat
NT wind powered boat
CL transport
NT bow hauled boat
NT oar propelled boat
NT paddle propelled boat
NT paddle wheel propelled boat
NT propeller boat
NT punt pole propelled boat
NT sail propelled boat
NT sweep propelled boat
NT towed boat
NT water wheel propelled boat
cramp
Mechanical devices commonly used to hold items together or firmly in place
while other operations are being performed.
CL tools and equipment
BT holding and gripping equipment
BT woodworking equipment
NT G cramp
crane
Machines for raising, shifting, or lowering heavy weights, usually by
means of a projecting swinging arm.
CL tools and equipment
BT lifting equipment
crane barge
A craft permanently fitted with a crane generally in use for maintenance
work.
CL transport
BT service craft
cratch
This refers to the structure made up of the deck board, false cratch and
horizontal cratch boards, covered in a canvas which makes a free standing
structure either at the stem of a narrow boat or in the centre of a tanker boat.
The cratch was sometimes used for storage.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT cratch board (horizontal)
NT deck board
NT false cratch
cratch board (horizontal)
The short length of boarding used to bridge between the deck board and
false cratch to make the triangular frame structure of the cratch on a narrow
boat. 3 or 4 boards are usually used on each side, sometimes marked with numbers
for location purposes.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT cratch
NT deck board
NT false cratch
USE deck board
USE deck cloth
cringle
A metal or rope eye sewn into the sail.
CL components
BT sail component
crochet lace
Produced by boatwomen to trim aprons and bonnets and also to make curtains
for narrow boat cabins.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
crome
A long handled bent fork used for clearing weed on the Norfolk Broads.
CL tools and equipment
BT waterway maintenance equipment
Crooke mine boat
Boats used on the 1100 yard tunnel into the coal mine at Crooke on the
Leeds Liverpool Canal.
CL transport
BT mine boat
cross board
A bottom board set across the width of the vessel.
CL components
BT bottom board
Croydon Canal boat
Boats used on the Croydon Canal from 1809-1836, 60ft x 9ft, carrying 30-35
tons, construction unknown.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
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.
CL transport
BT recreational craft
NT motor cruiser
NT sailing cruiser
crupper
Leather loop strap to hold the base of the horse's tail to prevent
entanglement with the reins and loss of control.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
crutches
U' shaped piece of metal inserted into the gunwhales of a rowing boat or a
bracket on the end of an outrigger to provide a location and pivot point for the
oar.
CL components
BT human powered propulsion system component
RT outrigger
NT thole pin
USE Chesterfield Canal boat
curry comb
Special curved back double toothed comb with separate handle for grooming
short body hair on a horse.
CL tools and equipment
BT equine maintenance equipment
USE canal flat
cutting equipment
Equipment designed for cutting in an inland waterways context. Do not use
for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT forming and shaping equipment
NT chisel
NT gouge
NT saw
NT sod cutter
USE jebus
Cyfarthfa Canal tub boat
Up to six boats pulled together steered by handspike from the second
craft. The first boat having a shaped bow. Boats 14ft x 8ft 2in.
CL transport
BT tub boat
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