Shame files

Schamfilen or Schamfilung denotes (nautical) an undesirable chafing of cordage , sails or other equipment, which leads to premature wear.

Problem and remedy

View into the rigging of the Gorch Fock , in the enlarged section above you can see a “ millipede ” to protect the sail (here in the packed state) from filaments

A mooring line shamfilt z. B. by the constant movement of the ship when it has to be led over the sharp edging of a harbor basin . To protect it, it can be passed through a plastic sleeve that rests on the abrasive edge. A coconut filing mat can also be used here.

The shame of sails on the shrouds is reduced by " thousand legs "; these are tightly braided fringed coats made of woolen threads or the like, which clothe the shrouds at the point of contact.

Word history

Middle Low German shame “to scold, do injustice, hurt” and the equivalent Middle High German to shame is not related to Schimpf , but goes like English. to chafe in old French chaufer "warm up" (mod. French "chauffer"). This in turn comes from mittellat. calefare "make hot, make warm", lat. calefacere .

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1. ↑ Dietmar Bartz: Sailor's Language. From ropes, Pütz and shrouds. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-7688-1933-6 , p. 215.