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Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

Quarter-deck :: Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach..

Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Coach :: Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain..

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required..

Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Waist :: Waist (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship..

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