Carlings.
Are those timbers which lie alongst the ship, from one beame to another; which doe not only serve to helpe to strengthen the ship, but on them the ledges doe rest, whereunto the planckes of the deck are fastned.
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Are those timbers which lie alongst the ship, from one beame to another; which doe not only serve to helpe to strengthen the ship, but on them the ledges doe rest, whereunto the planckes of the deck are fastned.