Glossary of Steamboat Terms
- excursion boat
- fantail
- firebox
- flanking a boat
- flue
- flunky
- forecastle
- freedman's bureau
- french landing
- fuel flat
- furnace room
- gangplank
- gangway
- gold-braid trade
- government light
- grass line
- grass-hoppering
- grate bar
- guard rail
- guards
- gunnels
- gunwale
- hail
- hawser
- hog chains
- hogshead
- houseboat
- hurricane deck
- jackstaff
- john-boat
- kedge
- keel
- keelboat
- labor
- larboard
- lathes' cabin
- laying low
- lead line
- leadman
- levee
- lighter
- line
- loaded flat
- lock
- lock and dam
The Steamboats.org Glossary is a collection of information from the steamboats.org message board and several books.
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