Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a hold-beam, while the middle part is bolted to the ship's side.
See deck standard-knees. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The same as lodging-knees. ...
·noun The sheth of a plow. II. Standard ·noun A large drinking cup. III. Standard ·adj Not of the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
There were several" Standards "in the City used for the supply of water with conduits or cisterns in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Formerly, in ship-building, was an inverted knee, placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, and ha...
♦ Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, f...
·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...
·adj Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes u...
·noun A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing ere...
See standard. ...
Those planks of the pine or fir above 7 inches wide and 6 feet long: under that length they are know...
Timbers going athwart the ship, from the sides to the hatchway, serving to sustain the deck on both ...
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...
, 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 ...
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>. II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...
·add. ·- A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vesse...
·- A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. ...
The 'tween decks. ...
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails." ...
See beams. ...
, otherwise deck-load (which see). ...
Pieces of wood temporarily nailed to the deck to secure objects in bad weather, as guns, deck-load, ...
The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...
An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...
Timber, casks, or other cargo not liable to damage from wet, stowed on the deck of merchant vessels....
A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker. ...
In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...
The interstices between the planks. ...
That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; i...
(See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...
A purchase led along the decks. ...
A continued floor laid from the stem to the stern, upon one range, without any break. ...
The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...
That part from the fore-mast to the bows. ...
A light movable deck, similar to the hatch-deck, but with open gratings. ...
See decks. ...
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
Gun brigs had hatches instead of lower decks. ...
A light deck over the saloon of some steamers. ...
The place where a ship's crew mess. ...
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...
This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...
The highest of those decks which are continued throughout the whole length of a ship without falls o...
At the east end of Cornhill, where the four streets met, in the middle of the street (S. 189). It s...
In the middle of Cheapside, nearly opposite the south end of Honey Lane, east of Bread Street (Leake...
A knee fayed vertically beneath a hold-beam, with one arm bolted on the lower side of the beam. ...
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
See staple-knees ...
See deck-nails. ...
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...
The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...
See netting. ...
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...
Opposite the south end of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (S. 110, 394). First mention: " The...
Mentioned by Stow (391) and the waste of the water served the prisoners in Ludgate. ...
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...