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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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wedges
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Wood or metal pieces shaped in the form a sharp V, used for driving up or for separating work. They are used in launching to raise the vessel from the keel blocks and thus ...
treenails
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Wooden pins employed instead of nails or spikes to secure the planking of a wooden vessel to the frames.
rope
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The product resulting from twisting a fibrous material, such as manila, hemp, flax, cotton, coir, etc., into yarns or threads which in turn are twisted into strands and several of ...
proof strength
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The proof strength of a material, part, or structure is the strength which it has been proved by test to possess.
taft rail
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The rail around the top of the bulwark or rail stanchions on the after end of the weather deck, be it upper, main, raised, quarter, or poop.
starboard
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The right-hand side of the ship when looking from aft forward. Opposite to port.
gripe
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The sharp forward end of the dished keel on which the stem is fixed. A curved piece of timber joining the forward end of the keel and the lower end of the cutwater. A lashing, ...
