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RAILS
RAILS of the head
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RAISING a purchase
RAKE to RATES
RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
ROUNDING to ROYAL
RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING
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RAILS of the head
RAILS of the head, certain curved pieces of timber, extending from the bows on each side to the continuation of the ship's stem, to support the knee of the head, and the ornamental figure fixed thereon. The former of these rails is represented at large in the figure referred to from the article HEAD, plate IV.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 230, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1032.html