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QUARTER-NETTING
QUARTER-NETTING, a sort of net-work, extended along the rails on the upper-part of a ship's quarter. In a ship of war these are always double, being supported by iron cranes, placed at proper distances. The interval is sometimes filled with cork, or old sails, but chiefly with the hammocs of the sailors, so as to form a parapet to prevent the execution of the enemy's small arms in battle. See the article ENGAGEMENT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 226, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1015.html