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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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mooring buoy
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A floating structure firmly anchored to the bottom and to which a ship may moor.
mold loft
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A floor space once used for laying down (laying off) the full-size lines of a ship and for making templates to lay out the hull structural components.
paravane
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A foil, that, when towed from a vessel, will swing off to one side.
jib-headed sail
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A fore and aft sail of approximately triangular shape
marconi sail
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A fore-and aft sail of approximately triangular shape. Same as jib-headed sail.
tie plate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A fore-and-aft course of plating attached to deck beams under a wood deck for strength purposes.
baseline
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A fore-and-aft reference line. On large vessels it is at the upper surface of the flat plate keel at the centerline. Vertical dimensions are measured from a horizontal plane through the baseline, ...
