( n. )
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
( n. )
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012