A framework of stout rope-netting placed where necessary, to obstruct an enemy's boarders.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Board>>. II. Boarding ·noun The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An assault made by one vessel on another, by entering her in battle with a detachment of armed men. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A register which has for its object the recording all particulars relative to every ship boarded, a ...
A defensive lance against boarders. ...
See hammock-nettings. ...
Take their distinguishing names according to their location in the ship, as forecastle, waist, quart...
Nettings sometimes placed over the hatchways instead of gratings, for security and circulation of ai...
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
See top. ...
The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...
See netting. ...
Slender bars of iron or wood, the lower ends of which are fixed in iron sockets at proper distances....