Carlings

Long pieces of timber, above four inches square, which lie fore-and-aft, in tiers, from beam to beam, into which their ends are scored. They receive the ends of the ledges for framing the decks. The carlings by the side of, and for the support of the mast, which receive the framing round the mast, called the partners, are much larger than the rest, and are named the mast carlings. Besides these there are others, as the pump carlings, which go next without the mast carlings, and between which the pumps pass into the well; and also the fire-hearth carlings, that let up under the beam on which the galley stands, with pillars underneath, and chocks upon it, fayed up to the ledges for support.