A canvas leathern pipe or tube nailed round the outside of the scuppers of the lower decks, which prevents the water from discolouring the ship's sides.
·pl of Hose. II. Hose ·noun Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
the throat. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
(for watering, &c.) An elastic pipe. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·v An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flo...
A name for a kind of cuttle-fish. ...
A contrivance for fitting scuppers so that the whole can be enlarged by a movable concentric ring, i...
A flap-valve nailed over a scupper-hole, serving to keep water from getting in, yet letting it out. ...
Short nails with very broad flat heads, used to nail the flaps of the scuppers, so as to retain the ...
Are used to close the scuppers in-board. ...
Metal or wooden tubes which carry the water from the decks of frigates to the sea-level. ...