Definition of Coamings

1. n. pl. Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.

Definition of Coamings

1. Noun. (plural of coaming), especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coamings

1. coaming [n] - See also: coaming

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coamings

coalpit
coalpits
coals
coals to Newcastle
coalsack
coalsacks
coalshed
coalsheds
coaltar
coaltars
coalworks
coaly
coalyard
coalyards
coaming
coamings (current term)
coamplified
coanalytic
coanchor
coanchored
coanchoring
coanchors
coannex
coannexed
coannexes
coannexing
coannihilation
coannihilations
coappear
coappeared

Literary usage of Coamings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"They are as follows :—On the upper and awning decks the coamings must be at least ... Under superstructures not properly closed to the weather, the coamings ..."

2. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"... coamings—Cargo Hatch coamings «r Bell-mouth Bottoms—Marking off the Hawae-pipes—Shaft Tunnel «\ Single Screw—Expansion of the Tunnel Plating—Calculation ..."

3. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by J. L. Bates, Bibber Webster, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"coamings on other parts of the weather decks of superstructures may be 18 ... Where hatchways exceed 10 feet in length and the coamings are required to be ..."

4. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"Thus, in erecting cowl ventilators upon the weather decks, the coamings or lower plating should consist of thick plates (at least ^ in. ..."

5. Small Yacht Construction and Rigging by Linton Hopo (1903)
"LAYING THE DECK, coamings, &c. DO not attempt to start on the deck until all the inside work, such as knees, floors, centre, and rudder cases, etc., ..."

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