1. Thick planks on the inside of vessels, to support the ends of beams; also called beam shelves or shelf pieces. 2. Crooked plates of iron fore-locked upon the trunnions of cannon. 3. Any plate of iron made to turn, open, and shut so as to confine a spar or boom, as, a studdingsail boom, or a boat's mast.
1. Amaplanga atyebileyo kumphakathi weenqnawe, axhasa iziphelo zee-'beams'. 2. Iipleyiti ezigobileyo zentsimbi ezitshixekileyo phezu kwezikhonkwane zenkanunu. 3. Nayiphi na ipleyiti yentsimbi eyenzelwe ukujika, ukuvula nokuvala ukuze ivalele imasti okanye intsika egcina iseyile ivulekile.