Glossary C

Cam
The wheel or pulley on the end of compound bow's limb used to provide let-off and power.

Camouflage
A way to hide things and make them hard to see.

Canal
A man-made waterway connecting two bodies of water and is designed to shorten travel time or irrigate.

Cane Pole
A fishing pole made from a bamboo shoot.

Canoe
A long boat pointed at both ends that is easy to paddle.

Canyon
A deep valley with very steep sides - most often carved from the Earth by a river.

Cape
A pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.

Cardinal points
The four main points of direction on a compass- North/360 degrees; East/90 degrees; South/180 degrees; and West/270 degrees.

Carnivorous
Feeding on animal tissues.

Casting
A technique using a rod to throw your line, hook and bait into the water.

Cast net
A circular net thrown by hand. the outer perimeter is lined with lead weights. Great for catching shrimp and baitfish.

Caudal fin
Caudal is an anatomical term meaning "the back". The caudal fin is the tail fin or tail of a fish.

Cave
A large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain.

Centreshot bow
A bow where the sight window has been cut past the bow's centreline.

Channel
A body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. A channel is also a part of a river or harbor that is deep enough to let ships sail through.

Channeled
Grooved or cut deeply.

Channel marker
Used to mark the safe edges of a channel.

Chum
Chopped up fish, shellfish or even animal parts (for sharks), dropped overboard to attract gamefish.

Chumming
A fishing technique by which bait or scent is released into the water to attract fish to take a lure or baited hook. Chum consists of live, dead, ground-up or prepared baits and scents and is used in fresh and saltwater.

Cliff
A vertical, high steep face of a rock.

Climate
Commonly defined as the weather averaged over a long period of time.

Coast
Land along the sea or ocean.

Col
A mountain pass.

Compass
A magnetic device used for orienteering and for finding your way with a map.

Composite bow
A Bow made of more than one material. Not necessarily a laminated bow.

Conduction
The loss of body heat through direct contact with a cold surface, damp clothing, cold water, etc.

Continent
One of the seven largest bodies of land on earth.

Continental Shelf
Plateau of land surface into the ocean but underwater.

Convection
Loss of body heat due to wind or other conditions that circulate cold air in exchange for the warm air your body has heated. the body will continuously attempt to warm the skin that is cooled by the cold air, causing you to lose your body heat and become hypothermic.

Corn snow
Unconsolidated granular snow that has gone through a short freeze / and / thaw process.

Cove
A small, horseshoe-shaped body of water along the coast; the water is surrounded by land formed of soft rock.

Crawfish
Small fresh water crustaceans similar to lobsters only smaller.

Creek
A stream of water that is smaller than a river.

Crest
The highest part (very top) of a ridge, hill, or mountain range.

Crevasse
A crack in the surface of a glacier.

Crossbow
A small, strong bow, held and shot like a rifle.

Crossbow Bolt
The shaft or arrow fired from a crossbow.

Cross chop
Wind-driven waves and ocean swell colliding from two directions. Also caused by waves bouncing off a seawall and going back out, colliding with incoming waves.

Crustaceans
Lobsters, spiny lobsters, crabs, prawns, shrimps, crayfish.

Current
The flow of a stream of water.