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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a name formerly given to a piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which were lashed to the top in action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.
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