Close-fights
Pronunciation : Close"-fights`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
pl. (Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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