QUARTER Netting, a ſort of net-work, extended along the rails on the upper part of a ſhip's quarter. In a ſhip of war there are always double, being ſupported by iron cranes, placed at proper diſtances. The interval is ſometimes filled with cork, or old fails; but chiefly with the hammocks of the failors, ſo as to form a parapet to prevent the execution of the enemy's ſmall arms in battle.