A bundle of the proper size for stowage contains an arroba of twenty-five pounds, though the weight varies according to the condition of the root.
The barges haul alongside at the holds that are ready for stowage and loading begins.
To serve as ballast weight, the stowage of cargo in the lower holds was frequently left in place for the term of the vessel's troop service.
Two or three movable shelves placed right in the eyes of the yacht forward make useful stowage room for a man to keep his clothes, as there they stand less chance of getting wet.
At the late great fire at Gateshead, a report having spread that the awful explosion which did so much damage arose from the illicit stowage of seven tons of gunpowder in the Messrs.
I exclaimed; 'then I must even look for stowage elsewhere.
The stowage on board the Grampus was most clumsily done, if stowage that could be called which was little better than a promiscuous huddling together of oil-casks {*1} and ship furniture.
In most kinds of freight the stowage is accomplished by means of a screw.
Having reached this, he lit the piece of candle, and descended, groping with extreme difficulty among the compact stowage of the hold.
The ballast now shifted in a mass to leeward (the stowage had been knocking about perfectly at random for some time), and for a few moments we thought nothing could save us from capsizing.
It was now too late, however, to attempt getting to me before dawn, as the chief difficulty lay in passing through the close stowage in the lower hold.
A proper stowage cannot be accomplished in a careless manner, and many most disastrous accidents, even within the limits of my own experience, have arisen from neglect or ignorance in this particular.
He retraced his steps immediately, and, clambering up the stowage a second time, called out my name, loudly as before, having watched for a lull.
I afterward found that Augustus had purposely arranged the stowage in this hold with a view to affording me a thorough concealment, having had only one assistant in the labour, a man not going out in the brig.
In the former sense it is applied to the sails; in the latter it usually refers to the stowage of the hold.
Said of a ship which is subject to roll and pitch violently in a heavy sea, either from some defect in her construction, or improper stowage of her hold.
A ship not properly balanced for fast sailing, which may be by a defect in the rigging or in the stowage of the hold.
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest musket-balls.
This term is particularly used in the stowage of the several materials contained in the hold, and between the cable-tiers and the ship's sides.
A kind of deck for any temporary or particular purpose: the orlop-deck, having store-rooms and cabins forward and aft, and the middle part allotted to the stowage of cables.
Owners and masters are legally liable to the losses by bad stowage or deficient dunnage.
The stowage on board the Grampus was most clumsily done, if stowage that could be called which was little better than a promiscuous huddling together of oil-casks[1] and ship furniture.
The embarkation was easy enough, and thestowage still more so.
The transport of cattle rendered stowage difficult and very peculiar.
In fact, the collection of the freight had been neglected, and the stowage badly arranged, a negligence easy to comprehend, if the captain had determined to wreck the ship.
Obscure hints were brought together; there appeared to have been a singular disregard of advice; a willingness to encounter the dangers of the fog; a suspected negligence in the stowage of the cargo.
Each pair of side bags was numbered, and carefully balanced one against the other, the stowage of each being from seventy to seventy-five pounds, so that the total load of the horse should not much exceed 160lb.
The type had been discontinued solely because the rather complicated structure raised certain stowage difficulties in service with overlong turnabout times resulting.
Item: One Waste Disposal Cylinder, expendable, complete with motor and full fuel tanks, packed, according to his loading manifest with sundry supplies to avoid dead stowage space.
Then rising to his feet with a satisfied air, and directing his protege to do the same, he set about the stowage of the water.
Then, however, Snowball having finished the stowage of his stores, proposed taking his turn at steering.
The stowage is managed entirely by the head-men, who take care that the strongest slaves should be farthest from the ship's side, or from any position in which their strength might avail them to secure a larger space than their neighbours.
The form of stowage is that the poor wretch shall be seated on the beams, and the head thrust between the knees, so close that when one moves the mass must move also.
I exclaimed; `then I must even look for stowage elsewhere.
If your ears lay beyond the muss, the stowage was deemed decent and in order.
One must partition himself justly--else, by an over-stowage at the end, he list and sink.
There was a kindly home flavor in the very stowage of the cargo.
Every thing in such a stowage was suggestive of good cheer.
As stated already, I believed that in the stowage of a ship, goods of the same kind are not always placed together, but miscellaneously--just as the different packages may fit to the shape of the hold and to each other.
Perhaps they wished to take advantage of a tide or a fair wind, and were hurrying to complete the stowage of the ship.
Furthermore, the removal of one unit would not break the stowage of the remainder, nor disturb the trim of the ship.
Yet, heterogeneous and ill-assorted as our cargo may have appeared to the crowds of curious onlookers, Captain Davis had arranged for the stowage of everything with a nicety which did him credit.
Here is a roughish welcome "I must leave all my money here; and find stowage for it, in a day or two.
It is in such places--your finger on your lips and your feet a-tiptoe on the stairs--that you will hide away from baser uses the stowage of moonlight stuff and such other gaseous and delightful foolery as may lie in your inheritance.
Also, there was a hoopskirt curled upon the floor, and an open barrel with a stowage of books--a novel or two of E.
Ben Zoof was left upon the island to superintend the stowage of the freight, whilst Servadac found abundant occupation in overlooking its disposal within the recesses of the mountain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stowage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
