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.
The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
A small shield used to charge a larger one.
The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
An individual or corporate coat of arms.
The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.