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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

And this they did by their harpings, and by words spoken—words of power, O Yolara, that have their power still—and by pipings and by slaying sounds.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham

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

Abruptly the harpings ceased; the moon fires shuddered, fell, and began to sweep back into the crystal globes; Yolara's swaying form grew rigid, every atom of it listening.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham