deck hands
Crew on vessels
Deck hands are crew members who work on the deck of a ship or boat, handling ropes, maintaining equipment, and performing general manual labor.
The term applies to entry-level sailors on commercial vessels, fishing boats, or yachts: The captain hired two new deck hands for the season.
Also spelled as one word: deckhand.
- ship's crewSailors aboard a vessel
- marinersThose who work ships
- seafarersThose who travel oceans
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- knotTied rope fastening
rope · sailor · mooring lines · swab · scrub · crewman · yachtsman · merchant marine · sea legs · haul · shipmate · heave · stevedores · deckhand · forecastle · ratings · boot · cargo holds
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- Chesapeake seafoodblue crabs, blue crab, steamed crabs, steamed crab, Old Bay
- Dutch Shippingmerchant fleet, shipping companies, shipping lines, Dutch East India Company, VOC
- French seafaringsailors, seamen, ship captains, naval officers, French explorers
- river navigationriver traffic, lock gate, river barge, river locks, river depth
rank/authority
deck handscaptain
One who commands
master · commanding officer · skipper · first mate · chief mate
deck, hand, decks, decked, decking, hands, handed, handing, handy