Strakes of plank running internally in a line with the decks, for the purpose of receiving the ends of the beams. They are also called stringers.
·vi A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock. II. Shelf ·vi A piece ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
On the shelf, i.e. pawned. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A dangerous beach bounded by a ledge of flat rocks a-wash. In icy regions, (see tongue). ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Those parts of a made mast which are under the hoops. ...
Synonymous with bilge-keels. ...
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...
Solid pieces fitted at the drifts, forming the scrolls on the drifts: they are commonly mitred into ...
The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...
The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...
The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...
Parts of a made mast. ...
When the salt meat is cut up on board ship by the petty officers, the captain and lieutenants are pe...
See pointers. ...
Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as...
See graving-pieces. ...
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...
Pawned. ...