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sparred, (ppl.) a.|spɑːd| [f. spar n.1 or v.3] 1. Made or constructed of, having or fitted with, spars, narrow boards, or planks, set with intervals or spaces between them.
1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. 18, Calf pens with sparred floors. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1859) 369 A passage..on each side of which were sparred partitions of unpainted pine boards. 1844J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & W. liii, A heavy sparred gate, which ever stood open. 1880J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 49 On the floor of the pit a sparred bottom should be placed. 2. Having spar-like markings.
1827Griffith tr. Cuvier V. 98 The Blue Wing Bat, the Black Back Bat, the Sparred Bat. 3. Of a ship: Furnished with masts, yards, etc.
1905Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 9/2 At other points the sparred Indiaman or Colonial traders..lay moored to quay or buoy. |