See beams.
Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...
Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those ves...
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...
·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." ...
, 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 beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
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 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. ...
Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...
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...