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SKIDS or SKEEDS
SKIDS, or SKEEDS, are long compassing pieces of timber, formed so as to answer the vertical curve of a ship's side. See Q R, fig. 5. plate IX. They are notched below so as to fit closely upon the wales; and as they are intended to preserve the planks of the side, when any weighty body is hoisted or lowered, they extend from the main wale to the top of the side; and they are retained in this position by bolts or spike-nails.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 270, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1219.html