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Jerambak. - The open-work floor of a dandan or out-rigged stern gallery, consisting of
narrow fore-and-aft battens, with open spaces between them, and used as a "jakes," &c. (Klipkert says: Place where plates are washed and people bathe, the cook's) gallery on
board, &c.). Jerambah. - Out-rigged bow gallery. Jerubong. - Klinkert says : Projecting roof above the deck, made by covering in with
matting the cargo which cannot otherwise be stowed. Kajang serong. - Lit,, cross-kajang or awning. Kamar (or bilek). - A cabin (fr. Port, kamar). Kamudi. Rudder. (1) . sepak or the kicking rudder (the native steering-paddle).
(e)k. shawat, the close-shipped" or European rudder (lit., "loin-cloth" rudder, because
it is fitted to the stern-post). Kandar dayong). - 0, gandar (or batang). Kapi. - A double sheave-block, Klodau sauh (or kaladau). -Cable-bits, extending across bows, on which cable is wound. Kelikir. - Robbins for bending sail to yard. Kelilir (dayong). - Big rattan loop lashed to sangga (q.v.), for carrying oars, like
European fisherman's lumber iron. Ketam kamudi. - Lit., Radder crab. An ornamental plank taking rudder upright in the
sea-canoe (kolek) only. Kota mara. - Transverse deok bulkheads at stem and stern. Kuku. - Lit., "claw" or "talon" -anchor fluke, Kwong. — Deok-house. k. bajan, the desk-house of a pirate (gubang laut), which
consisted of two separate fore and aft shelters facing each other at the stern. Lantai. - Flooring (of a sampan, &c.); frequently a wooden grating or grid. Layar, or layer. - A sail. (a) potive, of the leaf of the screw-palm, or the badut, &c.;
called l. batang. (b) foreign, e.g., the cloth-sail. - puchols jala. -Lit., "peak of casing-net" sail; i.e., what should call "shoulder-of
matton" sail, bara gawir suai (? extra sail" between the masts").
bare gawir suai. - Staysail, - bara gusi. - Mainsail.
gap topoier. - Gaff topsail or topsail, - trengkit. - Fore-sail.
trengkit gedeling. Fore topsail. --- trengkit topsier. - Pore topsæil (over gaff ?) Leper-leper. - Flat top of gunwale. Liang kumbang. - Lit., borer-bee holes," limber holes, .o., spaces left underneath the
ribs for the water to pass by (to reach the bailing-well). Linggi.-Stem and stern-pieces of some Malay Ashing boats. Linggi or kepala 'luan. - Stem-piece (kepala 'luan bow-bead). [Linggi also means
stern-piece, but for this the corresponding synonym is kepala buritan, or stern-head.]
