Reposted by alix e. harrow
Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of The Ten Thousand Doors of January by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, which I *have* but *have not yet read* (sheesh!), but have only heard really good things about. I'm assuming The 20,000 Doors of February is coming soon.
![GLUT.
A piece of canvass sewed into the centreof a sail near the head. It has an eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.
GOB-LINE, or GAUB-LINE.
A rope leading from the martingale inboard. The same as back-rope.
GOODGEON. (See GUDGEON [sic].)
GOOSE-NECK.
An iron ring fitted to the end of a yard or boom, for various purposes.
GOOSE-WINGED.
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee clew are hauled up, and the weather clew down.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreidkmbyiuqkcilzmv77savnxsl32x4bf2g44k4lkexz35wudnxt6v4)
