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Shipbuilding
The design, construction and maintenance of both commercial and military ships and floating vessels in shipyards or other marine facilities.
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Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a plate which has been pressed or otherwise formed to a concave or convex shape. Used for heads of tanks, boilers, etc.
spar
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a pole serving as a mast, boom, gaff, yard, bowsprit, etc. Spars are made of both steel and wood.
fife rail; pin rail
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a rail worked around a mast and fitted with holes to take belaying pins for securing the running gears.
pawl
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a short piece of metal so hinged as to engage in teeth or depressions of a revolving mechanism for the purpose of preventing recoil. Fitted to capstans, ...
pall
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a short piece of metal so hinged as to engage in teeth or depressions of a revolving mechanism for the purpose of preventing recoil. Fitted to capstans, ...
yard
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a spar attached at its middle portion to a mast and running athwartship across a vessel as a support for a square sail, signal halyards, lights; etc.
seamstrap
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted edges of plating. Strap connections at the ends are called buttstraps.
