a. (Naut.) Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.). [ 1913 Webster ]
[あばらや, abaraya] (n) (1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (hum) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)