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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.

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