Pieces of fear-nought, or thick woollen cloth, put round the hatchways of a man-of-war in time of action, to screen the passages to the magazine.
·noun A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to ano...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A square or oblong opening in the middle of the deck of a ship, of which there are generally three t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Pieces of fear-nought, a thick woollen felt put round the hatchways in action. ...
Nettings sometimes placed over the hatchways instead of gratings, for security and circulation of ai...
Those for a hempen cable are fitted as a ring-stopper, only a larger rope. They are rove through a h...
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...