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.
Bait that can be picked up at sea.
A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
A drink, especially an alcoholic one.
The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
To live (in or with); to shack up.
To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
To drink, especially alcohol.
To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.