What is a sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway called?
hance — (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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