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RAILS
RAILS, are narrow planks, generally of fir, upon which there is a moulding stuck. They are for ornament, and are nailed across the stern, above the wing transom and counters, &c. They are likewise nailed upon several planks along the side; one in particular is called the. sheer-rail, which limits the height of the side from the forecastle to the quarter-deck, and runs aft to the stern, and forward to the cat-head; the wales are nearly parallel to this. Murray's Ship-Building.The reader will understand this article better by referring to the figures of the rails, as represented in plates I, IV, VII, and VIII. and their explanations, in NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 229, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1031.html