Coates.
Those peeces of tard-canvas, which are put above the masts, at the partners, and the lumps at the deck, that no water may run down by them, are called coates. The same is used to the rudder-head.
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Those peeces of tard-canvas, which are put above the masts, at the partners, and the lumps at the deck, that no water may run down by them, are called coates. The same is used to the rudder-head.