Rough Tree Rail. Timber resting on tops of frames and forming the upper part of a bulwark.
Round. To sail round a buoy, promontory or other fixed point, at a uniform distance, when changing direction.
Round House. Originally, the poop. Later, a square cabin amidÂships and abaft mainmast of a sailing ship.
Round In. To haul the fall of a tackle and close the distance between its blocks.
Rounding 285 Royal Marines
Rounding. Altering course around a position and maintaining a pre-arranged distance from it. 2. Rope used for serving a larger rope. 3. Formerly, condemned running rigging less than four inches.
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