(ppl.) a. [f. SPAR sb.1 or v.3]

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  1.  Made or constructed of, having or fitted with, spars, narrow boards, or planks, set with intervals or spaces between them.

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1805.  R. W. Dickson, Pract. Agric., I. Pl. 18, Calf pens with sparred floors.

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1834.  M. Scott, Cruise Midge (1859), 369. A passage … on each side of which were sparred partitions of unpainted pine boards.

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1844.  J. T. Hewlett, Parsons & W., liii. A heavy sparred gate, which ever stood open.

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1880.  J. Dunbar, Pract. Papermaker, 49. On the floor of the pit a sparred bottom should be placed.

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  2.  Having spar-like markings.

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1827.  Griffith, trans. Cuvier, V. 98. The Blue Wing Bat, the Black Back Bat, the Sparred Bat.

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  3.  Of a ship: Furnished with masts, yards, etc.

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1905.  Westm. Gaz., 10 Aug., 9/2. At other points the sparred Indiaman or Colonial traders … lay moored to quay or buoy.

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