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deadwood (maritime)
Heavy longitudinal timbers fastened over the keelson. The timbers of the bow and stern are fastened to the deadwood.
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[Source: "Glossary." Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/)]