A bank note. Queer screens; forged bank notes. The cove was twisted for smashing queer screens; the fellow was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.
·add. ·noun An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Pieces of canvas temporarily hung round a berth, for warmth and privacy. (See berth.) ...
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