spirketting

British

/ ˈspɜːkɪtɪŋ /

noun

deck planking near the bulwarks
the interior lining between ports and the overhead interior surface of the cabin

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Etymology

Origin of spirketting

C18: from obsolete spirket space between floor timbers in a ship

Example Sentences

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In general parlance quick-work is synonymous with spirketting.

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

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