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coamings |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coamings \Coam"ings\, n. pl [Cf. {Comb} a crest.] (Naut.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges. [Written also {combings}.]
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