Definition of Coaming

1. Noun. A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out.

Generic synonyms: Framework

Definition of Coaming

1. Noun. (nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit. ¹

2. Noun. A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coaming

1. a raised border [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coaming

coalmouse
coalpit
coalpits
coals
coals to Newcastle
coalsack
coalsacks
coalshed
coalsheds
coaltar
coaltars
coalworks
coaly
coalyard
coalyards
coaming (current term)
coamings
coamplified
coanalytic
coanchor
coanchored
coanchoring
coanchors
coannex
coannexed
coannexes
coannexing
coannihilation
coannihilations
coappear

Literary usage of Coaming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canoe and Boat Building: A Complete Manual for Amateurs. Containing Plain by William Picard Stephens (1885)
"... made fast to side of coaming; and it has the reefing advantages of the balance lug, the short boom, and the height to catch light winds, ..."

2. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"If rubber strips are used they should be secured at both edges, for rubber is apt to stick to the coaming and tear when the cover is lifted (see B, Fig. ..."

3. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"At the hatch ends, the coaming plate is carried down over tins beam to the ... Instead of the side or fore and aft hatch coaming plates extending from the ..."

4. Yachts, Boats and Canoes by C. Stansfeld-Hicks (1887)
"To each side of the coaming a half hatch can be then hinged, the joint being covered and made watertight by a strip of mackintosh cloth properly fitted; ..."

5. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by J. L. Bates, Bibber Webster, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"coaming, Bulkhead. A term applied to a strake of plating running across the ... coaming, Hatch. A frame bounding a hatch for the purpose of stiffening the ..."

6. A Handbook of Practical Shipbuilding by James Douglas MacBride (1921)
"Around the Cargo Hatches, on the Upper (weather) Deck a Hatch coaming of plate stands above the deck about 3 feet, generally in the same vertical line with ..."

7. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance by Thomas Walton (1902)
"At the hatch ends, the coaming plate is carried down over this beam to the ... Instead of the side or fore and aft hatch coaming plates extending from the ..."

8. The Prevention of Factory Accidents: A Practical Guide to the Law on the by John Calder (1899)
"Rolling Mill Engine, Piston Rods, Slides, coaming and Rail Fencing 103 8. Electric Light or Mill Engine, Piston Rods, Slides, coaming and Rail Fencing . ..."

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