2006-10-23 21:35:33 · 5 answers · asked by karthika 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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2006-10-23 21:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binnacle List
Many novice Sailors, confusing the words "binnacle" and "barnacle," have wondered what their illnesses had to do with crusty growths found on the hull of a ship. Their confusion is understandable.
Binnacle is defined as the stand or housing for the ship's compass located on the bridge. The term binnacle list, in lieu of sick list, originated years ago when, in the eighteenth century (and probably before), ships' corpsmen used to place a list of the sick on the binnacle each morning to inform the Captain about the crew's health. After long practice, it came to be called the Binnacle List.
2006-10-25 02:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by Krishna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bin·na·cle (bĭn'ə-kəl)
n.
A case that supports and protects a ship's compass, located near the helm.
[Alteration of Middle English bitakille, from Old Spanish bitácula or from Old Portuguese bitácola, both from Latin habitāculum, habitation, from habitāre, to inhabit.]
2006-10-23 21:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stand for a magnetic compass.
2006-10-23 22:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cleaning tissue!
2006-10-23 21:44:50 · answer #5 · answered by ghreewala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋