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1. (Nautical.) A strip of canvas which may be laced to a sail to fill the roach or upward curve of the foot of the sail.


2. (Paper-making.) A trough in a paper-making machine which collects any pulp that may have slopped over the edge of the wire cloth in the Fourdrinier machine.

3. A little tube and flaring collar to hold a candleend in a candlestick while burning.

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