Meaning & use
Carlings
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Fore-and-aft structural timbers or beams in a ship's frame that support the deck beams (also spelled 'carlins').
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Shipwrights fitted new carlings to reinforce the deck around the hatchway.
The old wooden carlings had rotted and needed replacing before the ship could sail again.
A note on using this word
Carlings run lengthwise along a ship, perpendicular to the transverse deck beams they help support, forming part of the vessel's internal skeleton.
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