A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice or floating logs.
The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
The act of twining or winding round.
A twist; a convolution.
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
To weave together.
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.