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planeshear, planksheer|ˈpleɪnʃɪə(r), ˈplæŋkʃɪə(r)| Forms: 8 plansheer, -shire, 9 planeshear, -sheer, plankshear, -sheer. [A corruption of plancher n., by imagined connexion with plane, plank, and sheer n.] A continuous planking, covering the timber-heads of a wooden ship, in men-of-war forming a shelf below the gunwale; = covering-board (covering vbl. n.1 3); also loosely applied to the gunwale.
1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 75 Great Rail at the After End, besides the Planshire Fore and Aft. Ibid. 162 Plansheers; the finishing part at the Top of the Shipside. 1832Marryat N. Forster xvii, He was on the planesheer of the brig. 1833― P. Simple l, We discharged our ten muskets, into the boat, but this time we waited until the bowman had hooked on the planeshear with his boat-hook, and our fire was very effective. 1851G. Coggeshall Voy. iii. 40 The force of the sea broke one of the top timbers or stancheons, and split open the plank-sheer. 1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xii. 238 A continuous angle-iron, which also serves to receive the fastenings of the wooden planksheer. So, in same sense, plank-sheering.
a1687Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. i, Between the Plank-sheering, and the Keels. |