a net or netting of small rope spread on board a warship during action to protect the men from falling splinters.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water > netting (6) splinter-netting1799 a net or netting of small rope spread on board a warship during action to protect the men from falling splinters. boarding-netting1834 A netting put round the ship to hinder the enemy's attacks crinoline1867 In extended use. A protective netting fitted round warships, esp. as a defence against torpedoes. Now historical. torpedo-catcher1877 (a) see quot. 1877; (b) a torpedo-boat catcher. torpedo-net1885 a steel-wire netting suspended round a ship on projecting booms as a protection against torpedoes. splinter net1894 |
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