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QUARTER-CLOTHS
QUARTER-CLOTHS, (bastingage, Fr.) long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting from the upper part of the gallery to the gangway. They are generally decorated with martial instruments, or allegorical figures.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 226, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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