Timbers going athwart the ship, from the sides to the hatchway, serving to sustain the deck on both sides.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Carling>>. II. Carline ·noun ·Alt. of <<Caroline>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
♦ Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, f...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia. ...
Those hanging knees which compass or arch over the angle of a man-of-war's ports, rider, &c. ...
See cheeksI ...
Those which are applied under the lodging-knees, and are fayed vertically to the sides. ...
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
, or deck-beam knees. Those riding on the hanging or dagger-knees, and fixed horizontally in the s...
See deck standard-knees. ...
, or staple-lodging knees. The same as deck standard-knees (which see). ...
Those which secure the after, main, and fore thwarts to the rising and gunwales, and which support t...
Curved timbers, or pieces of iron, which bind and connect the ship's quarter to the transoms, being ...
The timber let in under the beams on which the fire-hearth stands, with pillars underneath, and choc...
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...
See staple-knees ...