The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle.
·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A framework of stout rope-netting placed where necessary, to obstruct an enemy's boarders. ...
See hammock-nettings. ...
Take their distinguishing names according to their location in the ship, as forecastle, waist, quart...
Nettings sometimes placed over the hatchways instead of gratings, for security and circulation of ai...
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
See top. ...
·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 painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...
Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...
See netting. ...
·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...
Slender bars of iron or wood, the lower ends of which are fixed in iron sockets at proper distances....