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

Paul Rim

Sea Terms

An iron rim or scupper around the lower part of a capstan, or around the barrel of the windlass, provided with pockets or notches into which the lower ends of the pawls fall when the capstan or windlass is hove round, and which prevent either of the above instruments from revolving backward.

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