spreader (iou) and Relative Bearing - Sailing (gambling)

spreader (iou)

spreader noun. L15.
[from SPREAD verb + -ER1.]
A person who spreads, scatters, or disseminates something. Foll. by of. L15.
A thing spreading, growing, or branching outwards. M17.
A thing for spreading something; spec. (a) a bar for stretching out or keeping apart things or components (also spreader bar); Nautical a bar attached to the mast of a yacht in order to spread the angle of the upper shrouds; (b) an apparatus or device for spreading or scattering something, esp. manure on farmland or water issuing from a hose; (c) = lifting beam s.v. LIFTING noun. M19.
A surfactant. E20.

Relative Bearing - Sailing (gambling)

A bearing relative to the boat or another object, rather than a compass direction.

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