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GRATINGS
GRATINGS, (caillebotis, Fr.) a sort of open covers for the hatches, formed by several small laths or battens of wood, which cross each other at right angles, leaving a square interval between. They are formed to admit the air and light from above into the lower apartments of the ship, particularly when the turbulence of the sea or weather renders it necessary to shut the ports between decks; and also to let the smoke escape from the lower decks in the time of battle.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 140, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0628.html