Meaning: In the middle part of a ship.

Part of speech: adverb

Example: The lifeboats are stored amidships.

Category: Nautical

Meaning: A platform at the top of a ship's mast for lookout purposes.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The sailor climbed to the crows nest to spot land.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms: lookout

Meaning: A nautical term referring to the bottom of the sea, where drowned sailors go.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He feared he would end up in Davy Jones' locker.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms: the deep sea

Meaning: The forward part of a ship where the crew sleeps.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The sailors rested in the focsle after a long day.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms: crew quarters

Meaning: To move or sway gently, often used in nautical contexts.

Part of speech: verb

Example: The boat began to hove as the waves rolled in.

Category: Nautical

Meaning: The main body of a ship or boat.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The hull of the ship was painted blue.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms: body

Meaning: a sailor

Part of speech: noun

Example: Jack Tar is often used to refer to sailors in literature.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms: sailor

Meaning: to punish someone by dragging them under a ship

Part of speech: verb

Example: The pirate threatened to keelhaul the traitor.

Category: Nautical

Meaning: the part of a ship's deck reserved for officers

Part of speech: noun

Example: The captain stood on the quarter deck.

Category: Nautical › Ships

Meaning: A reliable support or safeguard.

Part of speech: noun

Example: His experience was the sheet anchor of the team.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms:

• support
• backbone

Meaning: To lift the anchor of a ship or boat.

Part of speech: verb

Example: They decided to up-anchor and sail to a new destination.

Category: Nautical

Synonyms:

• weigh anchor
• set sail