Those hoods wrought above and below the hawse-holes, outside a ship, where there are no cheeks to support a bolster.
, or hoodings. The foremost and aftermost planks of the bottom, within and without. Also, covering...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The central part or point of anything; the middle. II. Navel ·noun An eye on the under side o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel. ...
·add. ·- A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on t...
·noun The umbilical cord. ...
The sea-weed Ulva umbilicus. ...
See line. ...
See Iron Wharf. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.