last one, I promise
Jun. 8th, 2003 02:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlocknautical terms or words that originate from sailing:
"Hit the deck"
to "deck" someone, verb
"Helm's to lee"
dead in irons
belly-up (probably more of a fishing reference)
three sheets to the wind
flotsam
jetsam
jettison
deep-six
This probably doesn't interest anyone but me. But sailing interests me, so I'm putting this here for my own entertainment. I'm trying to think of words that are common phrases that are directly related to sailing but not necessarily used to talk about sailing, as opposed to words like "jib sheet" which are really only about sailing.
"Hit the deck"
to "deck" someone, verb
"Helm's to lee"
dead in irons
belly-up (probably more of a fishing reference)
three sheets to the wind
flotsam
jetsam
jettison
deep-six
This probably doesn't interest anyone but me. But sailing interests me, so I'm putting this here for my own entertainment. I'm trying to think of words that are common phrases that are directly related to sailing but not necessarily used to talk about sailing, as opposed to words like "jib sheet" which are really only about sailing.
