Spirketting

A thick strake, or strakes, wrought withinside upon the ends of the beams or waterways. In ships that have ports the spirketting reaches from the waterways to the upper side of the lower sill, which is generally of two strakes, wrought anchor-stock fashion; in this case the planks should always be such as will work as broad as possible, admitting the butts to be about six inches broad.