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lad
A way to address a younger male.Add Comment
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lanyard (or laniard)
A short rope or gasket used for fastening something or securing rigging.Add Comment
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lass
A way to address a younger female.Add Comment
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lateen sail
A triangular sail set on a long sloping yard.Add Comment
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league
A unit of distance equal to three miles.Add Comment
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lee
The side away from the direction from which the wind blows.Add Comment
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line (see also cordage)
A rope in use as part of the ship's rigging, or as a towing line. When a rope is coiled up on deck, not yet being used for anything, it is simply called a rope.Add Comment
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list
To lean or cause to lean to the side.Add Comment
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loaded to the gunwalls
To be drunk.Add Comment
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long boat
The largest boat carried by a ship which is used to move large loads such as anchors, chains, or ropes. pirates use the boats to transport the bulk of heavier treasures.Add Comment
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long clothes
A style of clothing best suited to land. A pirate, or any sailor, doesn't have the luxury of wearing anything loose that might get in the way while climbing up riggings. Landsmen, by contrast, could adorn themselves with baggy pants, coats, and stockings.Add Comment
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lookout
A person posted to keep watch on the horizon for other ships or signs of land.Add Comment
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loot
Stolen goods; money.Add Comment
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lugger
A two-masted sailing vessel with a lugsail rig.Add Comment
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lugsail
A quadrilateral sail that lacks a boom, has the foot larger than the head, and is bent to a yard hanging obliquely on the mast.Add Comment
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