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1615 J. van Spilbergen in R. Silverberg Longest Voy. (1997) vi. 445 Each commander, captain, or skipper, shall place them [sc. sailors] in a safe spot under the quarternettings fore and aft.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Quarter-netting, a sort of net-work, extended along the rails on the upper part of a ship's quarter.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quarter-Nettings, the place alloted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks.

1871 Zell's Pop. Encycl. II. 696/2 Long cloths of painted canvas, extending on the exterior side of the quarter-netting from the upper part of the galley of a ship to the gangway.