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

Wrain Stave

Shipbuilding

A sort of stout billet of tough wood, tapered at the ends so as to go into the ring of the wrain bolt to make the setts necessary for bringing to the planks or thick-stuff to the timbers.

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