slatting

She turned, looked out a tiny window that pierced the gray slatting of the inn wall.

There was a slatting of canvas as the men started clewing up the huge courses, and the Calypso slowed down.

Maintenance The slatting may be kept free of dust etc. with an occasional wipe with a cloth.

Once set, repeated jerking and slatting tend to tighten it further rather than loosen it.

The wind might have freshened a little, but the brigs were slow, and if the damned jibs did not stop slatting he would drop them.

He knew he was now getting jumpy; when the slatting of sails irritated him, it was time to relax.

Sudden shouts from the deck and the slatting of canvas and banging of blocks as sails were lowered.

Mika, feeling utterly molten within, as hot for once as she felt she deserved to be, rested her head against the wooden slatting.

He had made up a box from the slatting of their outgrown nest boxes, and he carried a hood and wore a falconer's glove.

But he ceased his yelping to listen to a new noise--a thunderous slatting of canvas accompanied by shouts and cries.

He heard the slatting as the flag hoist was hauled up on its halyard, and he repeated to himself the answer, picturing the colours on the flags.

Surprised at being disturbed so roughly the nag jerked forward suddenly, the jolt snapped the rickety bodged-up slatting and the gramophone fell into the bottom of the cabinet.

The slatting is set by a technician tinkering with each overhead light as he stands on top of a high ladder and extension moved about the stage by two other technicians.

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Sails began slatting whileRamage putthe telescope in the binnacle drawer, picked up his sword and clipped it on to the belt, and slung the cloak over one shoulder.

A sudden hush fell over the Calypso as the guns stopped firing and all that Ramage could hear was the rush of the sea against the hull and the occasional slatting of a sail.

Even this huge carrier was moving about in these dreary, green seas; Carl Vinson's bows were pitching rhythmically, wisps of spray drifting upwards and turning to ice before slatting against the steel upperworks of the island.

The perforated slatting is ideal for kitchens at the front of the house (or overlooking the garden) as it allows privacy, conceals work areas, yet allows a view of the outside - the garden, the horizon, or just the weather!

Metre Stacking Dimensions The stacking height is the height of the blind when pulled up. Timber slatting is 3mm thick and the bunch height is an important consideration when deciding where to fit the blinds.

He registered that she was a fine sight-and that her guns were not firing: theCalypso was completely shielded by theHasardthough, judging by the slatting of canvas, Southwick and his men must be doing some hasty sail trimming.

In that pause, the boom and thunder of the lichen was like the slatting of great sails in the wind, and Simon could not hear the little furtive sound from behind him until it was too late a second too late.

Through the darkness, as the squall spent itself, came the slatting of the half-lowered mainsail, the shrill voices of the boat's crew, a curse of Borckman's, and, dominating all, Skipper's voice, shouting: "Grab the leech, you fella boys!"

The clouds loomed overhead and the wind died; the Nhiahar lay wallowing with slatting sails ... From the sky came a purple dazzle, slanting and slashing at the sea-once, twice, three times, all in the flicker of an eye-blink.

A slatting of canvas madeRamageglance up to see the frigate tacking to the northwest.He guessed she would stand on for a mile or so, tack again until she was half a mile to windward of theMurex,and then heave-to. '

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