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gabion
A cylindrical wicker basket filled with earth and stones, used in building fortifications.Add Comment
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gaff
A spar attached to the mast and used to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail.Add Comment
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galleon
A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 15th to the 17th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.Add Comment
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gally
A low, flat vessel propelled partly, or wholly by oars.Add Comment
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galley
The kitchen on a boat.Add Comment
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gangplan
A board or ramp used as a removable footway between a ship and a pier.Add Comment
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gangway
(1) A passage along either side of a ships upper deck. (2) A gangplank. (3) An interjection used to clear a passage through a crowded area.Add Comment
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gibbit or gibbit cage
Chain or metal-slat cages in which the corpses of pirates are hung and displayed in order to discourage piracy.Add Comment
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give no quarter (see also quarter)
The refusal to spare lives of an opponent. Pirates raise a red flag to threaten no quarter will be given.Add Comment
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Gold Road
A road across the Isthmus of Panama used to transport gold by train of pack mules.Add Comment
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go on account
A pleasant term used by pirates to describe the act of turning pirate. The basic idea was that a pirate was more free lance and thus was, more or less, going into business for himself.Add Comment
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grape shot(see also case shot)
Small cannon balls packed into a cannon. Notably, the pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts) was killed by grapeshot.Add Comment
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grapple(also grappling hook, grappling iron, or grapnel)
An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside.Add Comment
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grog (see also spirits)
An alcoholic liquor, especially rum diluted with water. Admiral Vernon is said to have been the first to dilute the rum of sailors (about 1745.)Add Comment
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grog blossom
A redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess.Add Comment
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gun
A cannon.Add Comment
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gunwalls
The sides of the top deck which act as a railing around the deck, and have openings where heavy arms or guns are positioned.Add Comment
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gibbit or gibbit cage
Chain or metal-slat cages in which the corpses of pirates are hung and displayed in order to discourage piracy.Add Comment
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