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single-hulled raft of the Tamil people made of three to seven tree trunks lashed together. The term has evolved in English usage to refer solely to unrelated...

diameter, lashed together with 30 mm (1+1⁄4 in) hemp ropes. Cross-pieces of balsa logs 5.5 m (18 ft) long and 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter were lashed across...

operate on rivers and inland waterways. Multiple barges lashed together, or a boat and any barges lashed to it, are referred to as a "tow" and can have dozens...

port and the other on the starboard side, and then these had been lashed together on the sides thus left bare. On these double vessels, rowed by the...

solid piece of either wood or whale bone or made from individual teeth lashed together. They were used by men to fasten their long hair up into topknots....

and salvage operations. Temporary sheers comprise two upright spars, lashed together at their heads and their feet splayed apart. Unlike in a gyn, which...

"wattle" portion of jacal structures consists mainly of vertical poles lashed together with cordage and sometimes supported by a pole framework, as in the...

ranged in complexity from simple dugout canoes with outriggers or lashed together to large edge-pegged plank-built boats built around a keel made from...

Attempts to stop the practice of rafting up, whereby boats are roped together, failed to pass the Missouri General Assembly. Missouri says that the area...

construction consists of a platform or netting mounted on two long poles, lashed in the shape of an A-frame; the frame was dragged with the sharply pointed...

were traditionally made with driftwood frames, jointed, pegged, and lashed together, and covered with stretched seal skin, as those were the most readily...

techniques are "stitched-plank and lashed-lug" for the older method and "lashed-lug" alone for the later one. Lashed-lug techniques are different enough...

show: 189  February 2, flew to Washington, D.C., for a briefing, and then lashed together a rough cut of Ambersons in Miami with editor Robert Wise.: 369–370 ...

structure, but the support beams were instead made of saplings that were lashed together. The frame was then covered in hides as normal to defend from fire...

(fortification) Makibishi Sudis, an Ancient Roman stake which may have been lashed together to form a similar fortification Hauser, Ferdinand; Lukeš, Petr (February...

traditional umiak was made from a driftwood or whalebone frame pegged and lashed together, sometimes with antlers or ivory, over which walrus or bearded seal...

shaped panels, which are traditionally black, and uses two tent poles lashed together in a V shape, from which the top of the tent is suspended using crossed...

exchanging tows. Tow- Group of barges lashed together for pushing. Tow Work- Assembling and connecting barges together. Void- Closed hull space providing...

are made of wood and can vary in craftsmanship from mere branches lashed together, to fine works of art. Brass beds are beds in which the headboard and...

promoter of the King road drag—an invention that essentially was two logs lashed together and dragged behind horse or mule teams that was an effective and inexpensive...