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Pavesade

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pavesade'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pavesade.html. 1828.