, or hold-beams.
Those which support the orlop-deck, but are chiefly intended to fortify the hold.
·noun The lowest deck of a vessel, ·esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the be...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The lowest deck, formerly called "over-lop," consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hol...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...
Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...
Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those ves...
See beams. ...
Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...
See bomb-beds, &c. ...
Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...
Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...