The olden age of sailing the high seas in search of new continents and new faster routes to India, brought forth an era of experimenting with new boat design. And with that a new language evolved. Modern civilization forgot about this prehistoric dialect called Nautical Terms
I am very interested in all the terms that was used in that forgotten era. Most of them has disappeared over the ages and most of us have no clue into what they meant. I will post a new forgotten word and its description every week so we can revive the language and walk into a bar and start a conversation like. Something like this: I just saw a Bargue through my Spy glass and have they got a big Donkey Boiler on their deck. I wonder if their Boatswain knows how to use it.
The word for this week: Deadeye
No, its not what you used to call a sailor that lost an eye in a battle.
It is actually a round block of wood with three holes that is used to receive a shroud or stay and to adjust tension in the standing rigging.
So remeber this word for when you stubble into an old salt at the club again.
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