dodger

1. One that dodges or evades: a skilled dodger of reporters' questions.
2. A shifty, dishonest person; a trickster.
3. A small printed handbill.
4. Chiefly Southern Atlantic U.S. See corndodger (sense 2).

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A spray dodger is a canopy, usually made of acrylic canvas stretched over a framework of stainless steel tubing, that provides shelter for the crew in the cockpit and prevents rain and spray from entering the main cabin.Acrylic plastic windows provide views forward and to the sides, but if they become misted over from fog or spray, you should be able to stand in the cockpit or at the helm and see over the top of the dodger without strain.To reduce windage during storms at sea, and even in exposed anchorages, the dodger should easily fold down flat against the cabintop where it can be lashed securely in place. A dodger that is unable to fold down because it has a hard top and/or sides is vulnerable to big seas.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a shifty deceptive person
  Synonyms: fox, slyboots

Meaning #2: small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly Southern)
  Synonyms: corn dab, corn dodger

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Not to be confused with Dodgers.

For other uses, see Dodger (disambiguation).

Dodger is a term used in sailing and sailboats. It is a frame-supported canvas (sometimes with vinyl windows) structure providing a helmsman and other occupants of a sailboat partial protection from harsh weather and seas. It covers part of the cockpit and the entrance (or "companionway") into the interior of the sailboat. One can usually stand under a dodger and be protected from rain, spray and snow travelling straight down or from the front/fore of the craft. There is little protection afforded from elements moving from aft to fore, but since the boat is usually moving forward this is seldom a problem. A similar type of shelter on a boat, without the forward and side protection, is called a Bimini top.

See also

Bimini top

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