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Definition of Coamings
1. 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.
Definition of Coamings
1. Noun. (plural of coaming), especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coamings
1. coaming [n] - See also: coaming
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coamings
Literary usage of Coamings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"They are as follows :—On the upper and awning decks the coamings must be at least
... Under superstructures not properly closed to the weather, the coamings ..."
2. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"... coamings—Cargo Hatch coamings «r Bell-mouth Bottoms—Marking off the
Hawae-pipes—Shaft Tunnel «\ Single Screw—Expansion of the Tunnel Plating—Calculation ..."
3. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by J. L. Bates, Bibber Webster, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"coamings on other parts of the weather decks of superstructures may be 18 ...
Where hatchways exceed 10 feet in length and the coamings are required to be ..."
4. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"Thus, in erecting cowl ventilators upon the weather decks, the coamings or lower
plating should consist of thick plates (at least ^ in. ..."
5. Small Yacht Construction and Rigging by Linton Hopo (1903)
"LAYING THE DECK, coamings, &c. DO not attempt to start on the deck until all the
inside work, such as knees, floors, centre, and rudder cases, etc., ..."
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