Foul (nautical) Foul (nautical) Foul is a nautical term meaning to entangle or entwine, and more generally that something is wrong or difficult. The term dates back to usage with wind-driven sailing ships. It is usually applied to the state of an anchor, which has become hooked on some impediment on the seafloor, or has its cable wound round the stock or flukes. The term is generally utilized when speaking of items of historical value such as the US Navy chief petty officer emblem. The foul anchor is also the official seal of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, presently
Nautical fiction life. For to limit the scope of this article, it focuses on the narrower, shared definitions of sea or maritime literature which focus on the limited sea/nautical novel and the fiction that grows out of that set of generic expectations and avoids broader definitions of "sea novels" which focus on thematic discussions of nautical topics in culture. In so doing, this article highlights what critics describe as the more conventional definition for the genre, even when they attempt to expand its scope. Sea narratives have a long history of development, arising from cultures with genres of adventure and travel narratives