"... both ships now completely cleared for action—everything peaceable struck down into the hold, shot-garlands filled, screens in place over the magazines, deck sanded and wet, cutlasses sharpened and ready to hand..." --P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 125
I read this as snot-garland, because that was what I found my daughter adorned with this morning.
"... both ships now completely cleared for action—everything peaceable struck down into the hold, shot-garlands filled, screens in place over the magazines, deck sanded and wet, cutlasses sharpened and ready to hand..."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 125