shakings
English
Noun
shakings
plural of
shaking
(
nautical
)
The
sweepings
from a ship's
deck
, consisting of
leftover
cordage
,
canvas
, etc.
References
Lewis Randolph Hamersly,
A naval encyclopædia
.
“
shakings
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.