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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The whole inside planking or lining of a ship below the lower deck.

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  • "... the whole inside planks or lining of a ship, used to prevent any part of the ballast or cargo from falling between the floor-timbers."

    Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 156

    October 13, 2008

  • Sounds painful.

    October 14, 2008