Pieces of plank placed on the bolts which are driven through the standards or posts for the carpenters' stages to rest upon.
A Brotherhood of St. Christopher of the Water Bearers founded in the Augustine Friars. Confirmed 149...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Sleepers, or pieces of timber placed between the keelson, in a steamer, and the boilers of the steam...
The Sailor's Word-Book