• (n. pl.) 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.
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Coam'ings noun plural [ Confer
Comb a crest.]
(Nautical) 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...
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On a ship, coamings are raised frames rather higher than the deck, about the edges of the hatch-openings, to prevent the water on deck from running down.
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