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Naval architecture
The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.
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shift of butts
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
An arrangement of butts in longitudinal or transverse structural members whereby the butts of adjacent members are located a specified distance from one another, measured in the line of the members.
evaporator
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
An auxiliary for supplying fresh water, consisting of a salt water chamber heated by coils or nests of tubing through which live steam is circulated, converting the water into steam which is passed ...
strand
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
An element of a rope, consisting, in a fiber rope, of a number of rope yarns twisted together and, in a wire rope, of a primary assemblage of wires.
grapnel
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
An implement having from four to six hooks or prongs, usually four, arranged in a circular manner around one end of a shank having a ring at its other end. Used as an anchor for small boats, for ...
bill board
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
An inclined platform, fitted at the intersection of the forward weather deck and the shell, for stowing an anchor. It may be fitted with a tripping device for dropping the anchor overboard. Seldom ...
