| taobh stòc | thwart support. [NOTES: ‘stòc’ corrected to ‘stoc’.] |
| aparan | a round support placed in a boat’s gunnel. Usually fitted in older boats. |
| fàsag | plug or stopper. |
| maodhan | a joint called strake point. Two bits of wood like the diagram brought together and fixed by nails. |
| tàll | an adze. Carpenter’s tool. |
| glamaradh | a wooden clamp which could be adjusted depending on the thickness of what you were working with. |
| sgearbhadh | scarfing joint. Special angle joint in timber. Indentations made here [NOTES: see arrows in the illustration] so that the timber slotted together. |
| sgearfadh | [See sgearbhadh.] |
| fliuch bhòrd | garboard strake. |
| lionadh | support at the front of a boat attached to the keel. |
| crann tarrain | trenail. |
| gàg | slit at the top of a trenail. Wedge placed here so that the nail expanded like a modern day rawlplug. |
| banbh | to rebate. A joiner’s term. E.g. a rebate in a boat’s stem or keel. This term also applied when making doors. |
| cuairt | breast or stern hook. A round bit of wood used to keep the gunnel tight. |
| ceannachrag | knee support underneath seats. |
| cnòt | blocks of wood attached to the inside of the rowlocks. Kept the oar tight. Could also be attached to the oar itself. |
| cnagan | the actual pins on the rowlock. |
| luirge | the oar’s stock. |
| dorn raimh | where you gripped the oar. |
| uisge stiureach | the furrow-like wave which follows a boat. “Dè a tha aig bàta ’s nach dean i an gnothach as aonais?” Answer: uisge stiureach or wake in English. |
| calcadh | caulking a boat. |
| strachd bheòil | topmost stroke. |
| calbanan | galvanised nails with square heads. Used for boat construction. |
| lannan | washers. |
| iarunn barraidh | clenching iron. |
| torra | an auger. Tool for boring wood. [NOTES: corrected to ‘tora’.] |
| rèic a’ chruinn | an obtuse angle on a mast. |
| sùlairean | boats built at the time of the Zulu War. Characterised by having an obtusely angled rear stem. |
| bròg a’ chruinn | mast step. |
| suthag | a patch. |
| màrlspàic | an iron spike tapering at one end. Used for splicing wire. Also had wooden equivalent for splicing rope. |
| spladhsadh | splicing. |
| duin iaruinn | capstan or hauler. |
| lamaraig | a naturally formed landing place. |
| luidhainn | a wooden board to which a rod would be attached. Situated near the vent at the top of an old house which had a fire in the centre of the room. The board would be adjusted according to wind direction so that the smoke would be carried away. [NOTES: note added above ‘luidhainn’ – luidhein.] |
| branndair | an iron frame or rail round a range or fire. |
| ard dorus | door lintel. |
| ard bhùin | threshold. |
| leth chas | a rafter. |
| sparr ghaoithadh | a tie across the rafters. |
| slinndair | a large stone slab used for door lintels. |
| tuainnaireachd | making designs on wood. |
| souladh | shellfish which was used as bait. Some say it without pronouncing the ‘adh’. [NOTES: corrected to ‘suladh’.] |
| cuigeal | thinks this was a primitive version of the modern spinning wheel. Not clear about this. |
| snothad | a dozen hairs taken from a horse’s tail; doubled and used as fishing gut. |
| sgonnan | a long bit of wood used to stir barley. |
| modha | change. Could be money or a change in the weather, fortune, etc. |
| brosgal | persuading. |
| annlann | a covering. |
| [faolag] | Faolag gheal air an uisge – white spray on the sea’s surface. Also ‘faolag dhubh’. |
| strachd mheadhoin | the middle strake in a boat. |
