Descriptionary

picador one of the cuadrilla on horseback who prods the bull in the neck with a lance.

veronica a pass in which the matador stands still and waves the bull by him with the cape.

canoeing

(Also see rivers and streams in environment)

amidships in or toward the middle of a canoe.

aft toward the back of the canoe.

astern behind the canoe.

bailer a scoop used for bailing water.

beam width of a canoe at its widest point.

blade the paddle end of an oar.

bow front of the canoe.

bowman the paddler or passenger occupying the front.

bow stroke the basic paddle stroke made by the bowman to propel the canoe forward with no effort to steer.

broadside either side of a canoe.

Canadian stroke stroke originated by the Cana­dian Indians in which the sternman passes the paddle blade through the water at a slight angle and finishes with a quick outward stroke, used to avoid fatigue on long excursions.

draw the depth of water displaced by a canoe when floating, also known as the draft.

duffle the apparel and equipment of a canoeist.

freeboard the distance from the waterline to the gunwales.

grip top end of a paddle.

gunwales pronounced "gunnels"; the upper edges of the sides of a canoe.

haystacks standing waves that form at the bottom of rapids wherever the current is decelerating.

hummock a flow of current that forms a "hump" over a rock.

jam stroke a stroke that brakes the forward motion of a canoe by plunging the blade straight down into the water and holding it.

J stroke a steering stroke with a finishing twist made by the sternman.

keel narrow strip running along the underside of a canoe to prevent sideslipping in wind or current; a wider version is known as a shoe or river keel.

lining an alternative to portaging, where a rope is attached to bow and stern to guide the canoe around hazards and obstructions from the safety of shore.

painter a line used to tie or tow a canoe.

pillow a rounded rock partially or fully concealed beneath black water.

port the left side of a canoe facing forward.

portaging carrying a canoe over land between two bodies of water.

ribs skeletal bracketing running between gunwales.

riffles small ripples in shallow stream caused by numerous submerged rocks or cobbles.

rips river waves larger than riffles but smaller than rapids.

rooster a river wave with a crest that turns back on itself, sometimes swamping canoes. Also known as a curler.

souse hole violent foamy turbulence where water plunges over boulders, sucks air along with it, and creates dangerous and unpredictable hydraulic prop­erties. Also known as a white eddy.

sponsons air chambers built into the gunwales run­ning the length of a canoe.

starboard the right side of a canoe facing forward.

sternman the paddler at the rear of the canoe.

stern rudder stroke placing the paddle astern or alongside of a canoe and using it as a rudder, known as the lazy man's way to steer.

tongue a smooth passage of black water between two rocks.

yaw to deviate from course or sway, caused by wind or current.

yoke a frame fitting anchored at the gunwales allow­ing a canoe to be shouldered while carried upside down.

curling

besom the broom used for sweeping the ice clean.

bitter a stone just touching the outer ring of the house.

bonspiel a curling tournament. broom a besom.

build a house to align the stones in an advanta­geous position so that they protect each other.

button the first circle out from the center of the house.

chap and lie the delivery of a stone that knocks out an opponent's stone and takes its place.

close a port to fill a gap between two stones.

curling stone a polished, circular stone about 12 inches in diameter, weighing 42 to 44 pounds, and having a removable handle on top.

heavy ice rough ice that slows the momentum of a thrown stone.

hog a stone that fails to clear the far hog line.

hog line the line 7 yards in front of the tee past which a stone must come to rest or be removed from

p^lay.

house a 12-foot circular area at each end of a rink, where the stones are delivered.

pebble to sprinkle hot water on the ice to create bumps and increase friction for better control of the stones.

rink the 138-foot by 14-foot playing area having a series of concentric rings (houses) at each end where the stones are delivered.

rock a curling stone.

shot rock the stone lying nearest the center of the house.

skip the captain of a curling team.

sooping sweeping of the ice to clear it of any debris.

sweeping sooping.

take-out knocking an opponent's stone out of play. tee the circular area inside the house. wick to carom off another stone.

diving