Definition of "coamings" [coam•ings]

• Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit. (noun)

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• "Each of these hatch-ways, or orifices, had the usual defences of "coamings," strong frame-work around their margins."
• "That our good old-fashioned mode of spelling should receive the modern improvements was perhaps unavoidable, but surely we never spelt "coamings" (of"
• "The passageways were blocked off at regular intervals by bulkheads and huge metal hatches with rims, or coamings, that one had to step over to get from compartment to compartment."