, or hoodings.
The foremost and aftermost planks of the bottom, within and without. Also, coverings to shelter the mortar in bomb-vessels.
The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Those hoods wrought above and below the hawse-holes, outside a ship, where there are no cheeks to su...
See Iron Wharf. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.