alow
1below decks.
(on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the lower rigging, specifically, below the lower yards (opposed to aloft).
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They were all under plain sail aloft and alow—27 sail of the line, frigates and steamers.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellAll canvas up, aloft an alow, an this here craft ready to make two knots an hour ef she dont founder afore you leave port!
Cursed | George Allan EnglandYoud better look around, alow and aloft, and see if she aint to be found.
The Campfire Girls on Station Island | Margaret PenroseSayer, as apereth per Cuemons owne hand writing; yet he will not alow thereof, but went away in a fustian fume.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II | Richard CocksIn the morning Miwandi's berth was discovered to be empty,—no trace of her was found alow or aloft.
Brothers of Peril | Theodore Goodridge Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for alow
/ (əˈləʊ) /
(postpositive) nautical in or into the lower rigging of a vessel, near the deck
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