harpings

British  

/ ˈhɑːpɪŋz, ˈhɑːpɪnz /

plural noun

1. nautical wooden members used for strengthening the bow of a vessel

2. shipbuilding wooden supports used in construction

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Etymology

Origin of harpings

C17: perhaps related to French harpe cramp iron

Example Sentences

Land-locked Oklahoma tired of his harpings long before he was transferred to the Ways & Means Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

But even these harpings did not seem to damage the Couzens popularity in Michigan at first.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diagonals are the several lines on the draughts, delineating the station of the harpings and ribs, to form the body by.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Here's yon curst lubberly craft carried away our starboard cat-head and six-feet o' the harpings wi't, sink him!

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

Hark, hark to the words of sweet fashion, the harpings of yore!

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean