Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Coamings

Coamings , noun, plural

[Compare Comb a crest.]

(Nautical) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.