Dutch Loan Words - Nautical Edition

Definition

Word

Dutch Word

Onto or within a ship, or in a group.

Aan boord

The right side of a ship

Stuurboord

A spar (pole), along the foot of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail.

Boom (giek)

The forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.

Boeg

A floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents.

Boei

The title, for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel.

Kapitein

A person who has command of a boat or watercraft or tug, more or less equivalent to captain in charge aboard ship.

Schipper

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

Kruisen

A permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a ship. When outside you walk on this part.

Dek

Refers to a human-made structures involved in the handling of ships. In British English, it is used to mean the area of water that is next to or around a wharf or quay.

Dok

Type of warship. Built for speed and maneuverability. The USS Constitution is one.

Fregat

To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

Hijsen

A form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern).

Kielhalen

A tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks.

Mast

A person who tends the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine. Such as shoveling coal, into the boiler's firebox

Stoker

The act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion.

Roeien

A primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

Roer

A tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.

Zeil

A large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.

Schip

A sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

Sloep

A sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing.

Jacht