buckler plate

noun

a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.

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Meanings

nounbuckler plate (plural buckler plates)

plural buckler plates

  1. nauticala cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.
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