John Masefield,
Glossary for Dauber
(1913)
“ Royals. - Light upper square sails; the fourth, fifth, or sixth sails from the deck according to the mast's rig. Sail-room. - large room or compartment in which the ship's sails are stored. "Sails." - The sailmaker is meant. Scuttle-butt. - A cask containing fresh water. Shackles. - Rope handles for a sea-chest. Sheet-blocks. - Iron blocks, by means of which sails are sheeted home. In any violent wind they beat upon the mast with great rapidity and force. Sheets. - Ropes or chains which extend the lower corners of square sails in the operation of sheeting home. ”
