Top-cloth
Pronunciation : Top"-cloth
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.
(Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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