coaming

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I pulled till my canoe danced and bobbed about in an alarming manner, in fact, till the coaming was in danger of going under the gently heaving sea, but to no purpose; it would not budge, so tripping anchor I paid out line and paddled fifty yards, thinking that if my hook had fouled a rock I might by a side pull clear it.

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  1. noun Nautical A raised rim or border around an opening, as in a ship's deck, designed to keep out water.

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  • Doc Savage and his companion lay on the coaming, braced against the windshield From shore, a machine pistol gobbled suddenly. —  104 - Birds Of Death
  • "Watch the back and front doors In the shelter of the roof coaming, Monk chuckled Believe it or not, that's my voice," he said. —  044 - The South Pole Terror
  • I was down on the main deck, sitting on the planks, with my back propping up the front of the poop, my arms crossed, and my chin on my chest, dhreaming that I was back at school in dear old Dublin, when I was startled broad awake by a shock that sent me sprawling as far for'ard as the coaming of the after- hatch, to the accompaniment of the most awful crunching, ripping, and crashing sounds, as the Joan sawed her way steadily into the vitals of the craft that we had struck. —  Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru
  • A tall dark man, wearing an ancient palmleaf hat, sat smoking on the hatch coaming, and him Neils Halvorsen addressed Aye bane want to see Cap'n Scraggs," he said The tall dark man stood erect and cast a quick, questioning look at Neils Halvorsen. —  Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
  • The rope ran over a small roller set close against the coaming, which I had failed to observe in my hasty search, so I found the strain less than expected, although a heavy weight was evidently attached to the other end. —  Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France
 

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Also written combing, being a particular use of that word: see combing.
 

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/ˈkoʊmɪŋ/
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