The interstices between the planks.
·noun Grease; tallow; lard. II. Seam ·vi To become ridgy; to crack open. III. Seam ·noun The quant...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The sewing together of two edges of canvas, which should have about 110 stitches in every yard of le...
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...
·- An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only tw...
The two edges or selvedges of canvas laid over each other and sewed down. ...
That made after sewing the edges of sails together, one over the other, by stitching through the cen...
The edges or selvedges sewed together, without lapping. ...
·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...
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...
, or dancing pedro-pee. See pedro-a-pied. ...
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. ...
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...