Anchors – usually masonry fixing bolts of one sort or another.

Back stays – Steel cables attached to a post to provide extra strength.

Bracket – A metal device used to create a fixing point on a wall.

Cables – Steel cable usually galvanised or stainless.

Cable pockets – Perimeter pocket for cable reinforcement.

Catenaries – A curve in the edge of a tensioned membrane.

Corner plates – Metal plates reinforcing corners of large sails.

Eye nuts – A threaded nut with an eye used to create a fixing point.

Eyebolts – An eye with a treaded rod attached used on steel posts.

Fixing points – Something to which a sail is attached.

F.R. – Flame retardant (not flame resistant)

Frangible links – A designed “weak” link, a safety measure.

Peak – The highest point of a structure or sail.

PVDF – Protective coating for PVC providing dirt/soiling resistance.

Rigging screws – A closed body turnbuckle.

Roof masts – A short post fixed to or through a roof for a sail.

Saddles – A small arched metal bracket.

Sail track – Aluminium extrusion used to create a long fixing point.

Screw eyes – Similar to eyebolts, used as a timber fixing point.

Shackles – A variety of metal U shaped connecting devices.

Shade factor – Percentage of visible and UV light blocked.

Shielding factor – Building influence on wind speed.

Terrain category -  Terrain influence on wind speed.

Thimbles – Used to prevent s/s cable from chafing.

Threaded rod – Galvanised or stainless steel rod.

Turnbuckles – A variety of metal tensioning devices.

UV Block – Ultra Violet (radiation) percentage measurement.

Warp – Longitudinal thread direction along a roll of fabric.

Weft – Horizontal thread direction across a roll of fabric.

Wind speed – A shorthand expression for a complex calculation.

W33, W41 etc – Rationalised gust wind speeds measured in metres per second.