Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NET'TING, n. [from net.]

1. A piece of net-work.
2. A complication of ropes fastened across each other, to be stretched along the upper part of a ship's quarter to contain hammocs. Netting is also employed to hold the draw fore and main top-mast sails when stowed. Netting is also extended along a ship's gunwale in engagements, to prevent the enemy from boarding. Mar. Dict.