Noun

(countable) An instance of wandering.

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 15, author=Judith Martin, title=It Started in Naples, work=New York Times citation

, passage=That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings , and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.}}

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.

(uncountable, computing, telecommunications) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.

A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.

* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.92:

Creepers threaded the wrecked windows of the coaches, ancient and chalky brown with their riveted seams and welted coamings like something proofed for descents into the sea.