trail-boards

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• Trail

  ·noun Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. II. Trail ·noun A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. ...

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• trail

  Scent left by a track; track followed by the hunter; an Indian footpath.--Worcester. It was the pol...

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• Trail rope

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Guide rope, above. ...

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• bill-boards

  Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...

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• float-boards

  The same as floats of a paddle-wheel. ...

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• guard-boards

  Synonymous with chain-wales. ...

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• head-boards

  The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails. ...

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• lee-boards

  Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...

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• limber boards or plates

  Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...

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• marine boards

  Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...

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• shifting-boards

  One or more wooden bulk-heads in a vessel's hold, put up fore-and-aft, and firmly supported, for pre...

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• short boards

  Frequent tacking, where there is not room for long boards, or from some other cause, as weather or t...

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• spla-boards

  Planks fixed at an obtuse angle, to reflect light into a magazine. ...

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• waist-boards

  The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...

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• wash-boards

  A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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• weather-boards

  Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...

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• trail of artillery

  A certain number of pieces of ordnance, completely mounted and fitted with appurtenances and retinue...

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• trail a pike, to

  To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer. ...

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• long and short boards

  See tack and half-tack. ...

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• top-gallant quarter-boards

  , or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...

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