Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those vessels which have a poop and a top-gallant forecastle.
Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The front of a furnace. II. Breast ·noun The face of a coal working. III. Breast ·noun A <<T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...
See beams. ...
Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...
See bomb-beds, &c. ...
, or hold-beams. Those which support the orlop-deck, but are chiefly intended to fortify the hold....
Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...
Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...
·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. ...
·adj High as the breast. ...
·add. ·- Abscess of the mammary gland. ...
·noun The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; — commonly applied...
He or she belongs to the breast fleet; i.e. is a Roman catholic; an appellation derived from their c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
To run abeam of a cape or object. To cut through a sea, the surface of which is poetically termed br...
They extend from the head of an upper-mast, through an out-rigger, down to the channels before the s...
A large rope or chain, used to confine a ship's broadside to a wharf or quay, or to some other ship,...
An old term for bunt-gaskets. ...
Thick pieces of timber, incurvated into the form of knees, and used to strengthen the fore-part of a...
The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...
The lashing or laniard of the yard-parrels. (See also horse.) Also, the bight of a mat-worked band f...
A sort of balustrade of rails, mouldings, or stanchions, which terminates the quarter-deck and poop ...
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...