Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Harpings"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harpings \Harp"ings\, n. pl. (Naut.)
The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a
vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also
{harpins}.] --Totten.
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