A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
A cornice.
A (door or window) lintel.
A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
A provincial or territorial legislature building.
A layer or stratum.
A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).