"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

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Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.143, BoD – Books on Demand

William Falconer

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