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

Wales

Sea Terms

Strong planks running fore-and-aft on a vessel's sides.

After-body of a wooden vessel — wales, bilge, counter, false keel and rudder fittings
After-body of a wooden vessel — wales, bilge, counter, false keel and rudder fittings
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