A term for a sort of a cross-bow once used in the fleet.
·noun A granary; a barn. II. Lathe ·noun The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a barn; also ease or rest. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun st...