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

Head Room

Sea Terms

The height of the cabin from the floor to the roof; the height of any place, such as the hold, the forecastle, the caboose. The cabin has seven feet of head room when it measures seven feet from the floor to the underneath part of the roof.

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