The railing or low wall that separates the gallery [land] from the well of the court [captain's ship in admiralty].
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 9, page 1511 · cut by a page breakPrinted copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 9, page 1511 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export. A page break in the printout cut off the end of this comment.