The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
A defense or safeguard.
A breakwater.
Any means of defence or security.
To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
To provide protection of defense for something.
A small, crudely-formed boat.
A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.