Concept cluster: Recreation > Stowing means securely placing something
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bail
n
A person who bails water out of a boat.
bank
n
(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
bank up
v
To make a mound to guard against something.
barricade
v
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
bench
n
(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
bestowage
n
(obsolete) Stowage.
blue slip
n
(US politics) In the Senate, the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.
crate
v
(transitive) To put into a crate.
crimpage
n
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
depot
n
(military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
dépôt
n
Rare spelling of depot. [A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.]
embarge
n
(rare) An embargo.
entry
n
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
first responder
n
A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care.
fordage
n
The act of fording a river, etc.
freightyard
n
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
godown
n
(India, East Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) A warehouse.
hoard
n
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
housage
n
A fee for keeping goods in a house.
jerquing
n
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
lastage
n
(obsolete) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
load
n
(often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
packhouse
n
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
pickage
n
Alternative form of piccage [(law, UK, obsolete or historical) Money paid at fairs for permission to break ground for booths.]
porter
v
To serve as a porter; to carry.
poundage
n
(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
press
n
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
press-gang
v
To force men into military or naval service.
pressgang
v
Alternative spelling of press-gang [To force men into military or naval service.]
prisage
n
(law, UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
Roman balance
n
A form of balance closely resembling the modern steelyard.
seachanger
n
(Australia) One who moves to a location in proximity to the ocean, for whom such a move is an extreme shift in one's life.
seat hogging
n
(informal, derogatory) The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
sortie
n
(military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”)
steve
v
To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
stow
n
(rare) A place, stead.
stow away
v
(transitive) to stow or secure aloof in a safe place
stowage
n
The act or practice of stowing.
stowaway
n
A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
stower
n
One who stows.
strike the tent
v
To pack up and leave.
strip
n
(US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
toll
v
(transitive) To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
warehousing
n
The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
weighhouse
n
A building where goods are weighed.
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