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Webster 1913 Edition

Coamings

Coam′ings

,
Noun.
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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Coamings

COAMINGS

,
Noun.
In ships, the raised borders or edges of the hatches, made to prevent water from running into the lower apartments from the deck.

Definition 2024

coamings

coamings

English

Noun

coamings

  1. plural of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.

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