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Fisheries Heritage - Fishing terms Category: Animals and Nature > Fishing Date & country: 01/02/2014, USA Words: 111

broad flake
platform built on poles and spread with boughs on which split cod are placed to dry; usually a larger than average sized flake.

causeway
a manmade, raised road used to cross water or provide a connection between land masses.

cladding
a protective or insulating cover applied to the exterior walls or roof of a building.

bridge
a wooden gangway connecting the waterfront stores, sheds, flakes, etc, forming fishing premises.

bed/bedding
the foundation, floor, posts and beams of a fishing-stage; the two heavy timbers on each side of the frame of a boat, joined across the bottom by a floor; logs placed under a boat to roll it into the water.

birch rind/rine
bark or cortex of a birch tree used in the fisheries as a covering.

block and tackle
a combination of pulleys and ropes used to move heavy loads.

breakwater
barrier that protects a harbor or shore from the full impact of waves.

ballast bed/pound
a framework of heavy logs or beams, filled with rocks, forming the crib of a wharf or breakwater.

bait shed
storage place for bait on fishing premises.

bait board
triangular piece of wood with two raised edges, used to cut up herring, squid, etc.