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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a thwartship piece used in framing the hatchways or ladder-ways. See cut under
hatchway .
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One could see the foam on deck wash about the headledge forward as the bows went up with a sluggishness that was the consequence of carrying an extra load of coal.
Brandon of the Engineers Harold Bindloss 1905
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