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Berm. A nearly horizontal part of the beach or backshore formed by the
deposit of material by wave action. Some beaches have no berm; others have
one or more.
Berth. Area where a boat may be secured to a fixed or floating structure and
left unattended.
Berthing Area. Area of a harbor set aside for berthing boats (vessels) at
docks and open anchorages.
Boat.
Any type of surface craft that may be berthed in a small-craft harbor.
A structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin
Breakwater.
from waves.
Brow. A type of bridge providing access to a berthed boat or vessel for
embarking and disembarking personnel.
A structure designed to retain or prevent sliding of earth and
Bulkhead.
consisting of a vertical wall, sometimes supplemented by an anchor system. A
secondary purpose is to protect the upland against damage from wave action.
Bulkhead Line. A line which establishes limits outside of which continuous
solid-fill construction is not permitted.
Buoy. A float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom to mark a
channel, anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
Cantilever. A projecting beam, pile, or structural member that resists or is
capable of resisting a transverse load applied to the part projecting beyond
its last point of support.
Cap. The finished structural member topping off a wall or bulkhead, providing
strength, protection, and continuity to the wall or bulkhead.
Cleat. A wooden or metal mooring fitting having two diverging horizontal arms
to which mooring lines from boats are attached.
Cofferdam. A temporary wall which serves to exclude water from a site
normally under water so as to facilitate foundation installation or similar
work.
A flow of water.
Current.
Davit.
A device for raising, storing, and lowering a boat.
Diaphragm Breakwater. A comparatively thin, impervious wall, membrane, or
structure designed to resist wave penetration, usually a secondary defense
structure.
Dock. A fixed or floating decked structure against which a boat may be
berthed either temporarily or indefinitely.
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