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Definition of Fife rail
1. Noun. The railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fife Rail
Literary usage of Fife rail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United Service (1905)
"I clambered to the fife-rail of the foremast, and, securing a position on the
lee side of the mast, prepared to hold on for dear life. ..."
2. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Morgan Robertson (1899)
"... while the two mates stood at the main fife-rail, and the ship's crew clustered
forward. Johnson, alert and attentive, stood a little in the van, ..."
3. Reports of Judgments of Hon. Edward Fox, United States District Judge for by Edward Fox, Thomas Hawes Haskell, United States, United States District Court (Maine), District Court (Maine (1888)
"... who turned and fled towards the fife-rail pursued by Murray with his drawn
knife, until the mate got a pin from the fife-rail, when Murray turned and ..."
4. Cattle Ships: Being the Fifth Chapter of Mr. Plimsoll's Second Appeal for by Samuel Plimsoll (1890)
"Inside the bulwarks, fife-rails (horizontal This photograph I took to show the
makeshift fife-rail and belaying pins which are necessary when a ship is ..."
5. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"Main-Bowlines consist of a whip and runner—the latter reeving through the thimble
in the bridle, and belayed to the fore fife- rail ; and the former passing ..."
6. The handbook of iron shipbuilding by Thomas Smith (1869)
"... with fife rail 850 Fitting and fastening two capstans and two winches .. ..
500 Chain-lockers with pipe and hatchway 10 0 0 Battening main hold, ..."
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