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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills..
At some point on the upper edge of the gun-deck spirketing, a shore, that is, the truss, firmly cleated at its heel , extended upwards and aft
Use spirketing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spirketing means (nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills..
Common synonyms include quickwork.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At some point on the upper edge of the gun-deck spirketing, a shore, that is, the truss, firmly cleated at its heel , extended upwards and aft
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