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Nautical. (See quots. and spider-hoop.)
A rack or frame on the deck of a ship in which belaying pins are fixed to secure running rigging. Cf. pin-rail, n. 2.
Nautical. A rail on the deck of a ship in which belaying pins are fixed to secure running rigging. Cf. pin-rack, n.