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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 
keel blocks
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Heavy wood or concrete blocks on which ship rests during construction or dry docking
lee boards
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Hinged plates that can be swung down a sailboat's sides in order to reduce leeway
braking flaps
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Hinged plates, usually attached to a rudder, that can be swung out so as to help stop a ship's forward motion.
staging
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Horizontal surfaces giving shipbuilding personnel access to the work, either inside or outside the hull; may be supported by temporary members attached to subassemblies or by wood ...
list
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
If the centerline plane of a ship is not vertical, as when there is more weight on one side than on the other, it is said to list, or to heel
perpendiculars
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Imaginary vertical lines drawn at the ends of the ship.
head reach
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
In a crash stop, the forward transfer of distance after start of the stopping maneuver.
