The frame timbers which rise from the bottom to the top of a ship's hull: the hull being as the body, the keel as the backbone, and the planking as the skin.
bindings in hedges. Kent. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Used figuratively for fragments. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
, or jaw parrels. This is formed by passing the two parts of the parrel-rope through the two holes...