The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Boarding Nettings

Sea Terms

A net work of ropes extending from the bulwark-rail upwards, and completely or nearly encircling the vessel. A boarding netting is used for the purpose of frustrating an attack upon the vessel by a body of boarders.

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