In a sail, are the breadths of canvas in its whole width. When a ship has broad sails they say she spreads much cloth.
·pl of <<Cloth>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To protect them from wet while stowed in the nettings on deck. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...
Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...