Links: Maritime Dictionaries

Chronological

• 1691 - Smith: The Seamans Grammar and Dictionary.
• 1805 - Steel: Shipwright's Vade-Mecum. [Abridged]
• 1814 - Moore: Glossary of Nautical Terms from The New Practical Navigator.
• 1851 - Dana: Seaman's Friend.
• 1857 - Brady: Kedge Anchor. [Abridged]
• 1863 - Lever: Sheet Anchor.
• 1902 - Excerpts from Paasch's From Keel to Truck of translations of derivatives of the term yard.

• Abbreviations used in shipping. From RimShip AS, Trondheim, Norway.
• Alan H. Hartley's Home Page, is devoted to nautical terminology. It consists of contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary:
  • Medieval Sources
  • Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Sources
  • Timoteo O'Scanlan's 1831 Diccionario marítimo español
• Bibliographie des dictionnaires de marine by Marc Van Campenhoudt.
• Boating Basics Glossary of Terms.
• Le dictionnaire des termes marins, NautiWeb - Régate et Navigation. [In French]
• Definitions and Mnemonics for Sailors and Powerboaters.
• French - English Dictionary of Sailing. Dictionnaire Anglais - Français de la Naviagation Maritime by Josse Schoonheyt.
• Glossary of Engine Room Terms used with reciprocing steam engines.
• Glossary of Sea-going Terms
• Indiana for Sail, an uncomprehensive guide to sailing terms.
• Maritime Glossary from the Transportation Institute.
• Christopher Morrison
  • Steel: Shipwright's Vade-Mecum, 1805. [Abridged]
  • Dana: Seaman's Friend, 1851.
  • Brady: Kedge Anchor, 1857. [Abridged]
  • Lever: Sheet Anchor, 1863.
• Nautical Nomenclature. A glossary of sailing terminology. Sponsored by the Kingdom Yachts Sailing Club and Andrews Net Publishing.
• Nautical Terminology & Tocpics related to classical nautical archaeology.
• Nautical Words and Terminology by Peter D. Green.
• NautiGal's Nautical Glossary
• Excerpts from Paasch's From Keel to Truck, 1902, of translations of derivatives of the term yard.
• P&O Nedlloyd Dictionary.
• Terms and Phrases [1997-05-11: Not to be trusted]
• Terms in a Seaman's Dictionary. Some Nautical Expressions Explained to Curious Landsmen.
• United Shipping's Glossary of Terms.
• Words, Words, Words, expressions in everyday English that have a nautical origin. From Gibbons Burke's Patrick O'Brian resources.
• terra.org's Glossary of Sailing Terms.
• Wisconsin Lake Superior Shipwrecks Glossary

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