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Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.

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  1. n. pl. Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
  2. Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
  3. Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of avessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy'sboarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]