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chained_bear commented on the word roban-stave
"'There you are, sir. I was looking for you. I have nabbed you a little cabin on the larboard side of the cuddy. Come along out of the way. Watch your step on those roban-staves. Mr Martin is down there; I took him; and so is all your dunnage.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 113
February 19, 2008