Togail Bhàtaichean / Boat-Building

Informant(s)
1. The keel
2. The rib-cage with its different parts
stringersribs.
3. Stem and stern
snockanstem post.
aft
reenswear strips (made of larch).
4. The planking
5. The gunwale
gunnel
6. Interior parts, such as seats
thaftseat.
7. Fittings for oars
rowllocks
tallupsstraight pin.
8. Rudder and its fittings
falamen?
skewer?
steer
9. Fittings for a mast
10. Other fittings if sails are to be used
11. Parts of an oar
12. Tools used in boat-building
 for trimming wood – in boat building.
13. Any other words or expressions
runachbracken.
crockletangle, seaweed.
graithnet.
plockan‘batty’ for knocking out fish. For mashing/chapping potatoes?
davidfor lifting anchors.
spratanknife for removing limpets.
scarrowcormorant.
snoat?
crasgagstarfish.
cheepickpart of a line, where hook is attached. Put it in ‘heepick’ – to wind hook into line so it won’t catch. E.g. for storing.

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