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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
♦ Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, f...
·noun The pole of a carriage. II. Beam ·vi To emit beams of light. III. Beam ·noun Fig.: A ray; a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
1) (The King's or Great) Used for weighing heavy goods, "avoirs du pois" (Cal. L. Bk. A. p. 191), i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To beam a tub, is to put water into it, to stop the leaking by swelling the wood. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A long double stratum of murky clouds generally observed over the surface of the Mediterranean previ...
·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...
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...
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 ...
·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...
·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...
A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she has heeled over so much on one side that her beams ap...
Short lengths of wood cut to fit in between the beams to complete the cargo of a timber ship. ...
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...
This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...
The beam upon which the stanchions of the beak-head bulk-head stand. ...
A strut or abutment. ...
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...
In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...
·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...
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
See staple-knees ...
For this important timber see cat-beam. ...
See before the beam ...
The bearing of any object which is before or abaft a right line to the keel, at the midship section ...
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel. ...
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. ...
Synonymous with anchor-stock. ...
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...