Glossary

BEAM- maximum width.

BOAT NAlLS- square copper nails.

BREAST-HOOK- grown oak bracket fixing gunwales to stem.

CAULK- to make a watertight seal between each member.

CLINKER- overlapping planks or strakes.

DRIFTER - boat equipped for drift-net fishing.

DUMP- galvanised spike.

FORE AND AFT- extreme ends. or lying in that direction.

FOUR ERN- four oared boat.

FRAME - individual transverse rib sections.

FREEBOARD- distance from waterline to gunwale

GARBOARD - lowest strake. next to keel

GROWN-OAK - grain of wood follows required shape.

GUNWALE -strengthening to uppermost strake.

HOOD END -end of strake rebated into stem.

KEEL -main structural member backbone.

KNEE -bracketofgrownoak.

LAND-section of strake at each overlap.

LENGTH- overall length stem to stern.

LINER- boat equipped for long line fishing.

LINES - the designed shape of a boat

LUG-SAlL - traditional rig of Scottish fishing boats.

MOULD - cross section shape of boat.

OAKUM - caulking materia lof natural fibres

QUARTER KNEE - grown oak bracket fixing gunwales to transom

REBATE -groove in keel to receive garboard strake.

RIB- as frame.but of lighter material.

RISER - fore and aft member to support thwarts.

SIX 'ERN - six oared boat

STEAM BENT- wood softened by heat to facilitate bending.

STEM - forward member or leading edge.

STERN - rear member

STOCKHOLM TAR - wood tar. distilled from pine.

STRAKE - individual planks from stem to stern

STRINGER - fore and aft strengthening inside frames.

TEMPLATE - pattern.

THWART - transverse seat.

TRA.NSOM - squared-offshape at stern

YOLE - typical Northern isles boat