The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings.
·pl of <<Cloth>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In a sail, are the breadths of canvas in its whole width. When a ship has broad sails they say she s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...
That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...
To protect them from wet while stowed in the nettings on deck. ...
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...
·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;...
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.) ...
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...
The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...
Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...
·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...