Definitions for coaming

coaming coam·ing

Spelling: [koh-ming]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ mɪŋ/

Coaming is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in coaming (acgimno).

Definitions for coaming

noun

  1. a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.

Origin of coaming

1605-15; earlier coming, apparently equivalent to comb1 (in the sense of ‘crest’) + -ing1

Examples for coaming

The coaming was riddled as the deadly hail moved toward the bow.

He sat beneath the coaming, as far as he could get out of the bitter wind.

Draw that box out and sit down beneath the coaming if you mean to stay.

The Richard dipped with a swerve which threw him violently against the coaming.

There was a dark stain on the bare plank close against the coaming or ledge of the door of the Captain's cabin.

Saving a little wrench when we hauled the cot over the coaming of the deck-house door, the poor man was put to no pain.

I looked round to make sure that it were empty, then sneaks up and looks aft with my chin no higher than the coaming.

Then he climbed over the coaming and joined the men in the dory.

I handed her up the last of the jars, and grasped the coaming of the hatch to clamber on to the deck, for the cargo came high.

Marston, who sat on the yacht's coaming, splicing a rope, trusted Wyndham far.

Word Value for coaming
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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