Belaying pins: Short movable bars of iron or hard wood to which running rigging may be secured, or belayed.
Bend: A knot used to join two ropes or lines. Also see hitch.
Fife Rail - A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.
FIFE RAIL; PIN RAIL A term applied to a rail worked around a mast and fitted with holes to take belaying pins for securing the running gears.
Fife Rail-A rail around the mast with hole for belaying pins
Figurehead - carved figure on the front of the ship
Figure Eight knot - A stopper knot for the end of the rope
fix -- the determined boat's position ...
Fife Rail-A rail around the mast with hole for belaying pins
Block - A pulley used to gain mechanical advantage,
Sheet: - piece of line fastened to the sail and ran thu blocks used to position relative to the wind.
Belay that - Stop that, cease. "Belay that nonsense." Belaying pins are short iron or wooden rods fitted into racks, to which lines can be belayed or secured on ship.
spider-hoop or spider band - An iron band round the mast with iron belaying pins in it.
spiling - Marking on a bar of wood the distances that a curved line, say that of a frame, is from a straight line.
Luggers have pleasant lines, with a nice sheer and comfortable seating. A bronze stemhead, wood gunwales, Sitka spruce mast and a set of belaying pins at the base of the mast give the boat a bit of a salty air.
Fife Rail:
A rail around the lower part of a ship's mast to which the belaying pins for the rigging are secured ...
 See also: Rail, Block, Line, Mast, Secure
  
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