Close-fights

Close´-fights`

n. pl.

(Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; - called also close quarters.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

Mentioned in

assault
attack
battle
conflict
engagement
fight
graplement
Grapplement
Half-sword
onrush
onset
onslaught
resisting arrest
storm

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