DICTIONARY OF

Dock Dues 117 Doldrums
Dock Dues. Money paid for use of a dock and its equipment.
Docket. Label or document giving particulars of goods to which it refers.
Docking. Placing of a vessel in dock. 2. Overhaul of a vessel in dock.
Docking Bridge. Small thwartship bridge on poop, to give clear view to officer in charge aft
when docking a ship.
Docking Keel. Name sometimes given to bilge keel.
Docking Stresses. Particular stresses set up in a ship in dry dock. Due to lack of water
support. Most important are compressive stresses on bottom, shearing stresses in decks,
tensile stresses at upper edges of floors.
Dockmaster. Official in charge of a dock.
Dock Pass. Receipt for dock dues paid, and authorisation for ship to leave dock and proceed
to sea. Authorisation for a person to leave or enter a dock area.
Docks Regulations. Rules and regulations governing ships when in a dock.
Docks Regulations, 1934. S.R.O. 279. Those sections of the Factory Act that apply to the
loading, unloading, handling and moving of goods in a ship or dock, or on wharf or quay.
Dock Rent. Charges made for storage of goods in a dock warehouse.
Dock Warrant. Receipt given by dock warehouseman for goods deposited with him.
Dockyard. Enclosed space containing docks, storehouses and workshops, and having
facilities for the fitting, refitting and repair of ships.
Doctor. Usual nickname for a ship's cook.
Dodger. Small piece of canvas spread as wind screen for man on watch.
Dog. Short form of 'Dog Watch', or of 'Dog shore'. 2. Meteor when seen low in horizon at
dawn or sunset. 3. Short iron bar fitted with teeth at one end and ring at other end. Used as a
lever, with tackle hooked in ring.
Dogger. Dutch fishing vessel, with two masts, employed on Dogger Bank.
Dogging. Passing twine or small rope rightly around another rope.
Dog's Lug. Projection of boltrope of sail, between earing cringle and reef cringle, when sail
is reefed.
Dog Star. Sirius, a Canis Majoris.
Dog Vane. Small piece of bunting stopped to shroud, when under sail, to indicate wind
direction to helmsman.
Dog Watch. One of the two-hour watches between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., introduced to effect
changes in watches kept on consecutive days.
Doldrums. Comparatively windless zone, along Equator, that separates the prevailing
winds of north and south latitudes.