Of a ship: narrow, slender. Obsolete (historical and rare after 16th cent.).

Of a ship: = subtile, adj. 8b. Obsolete. rare (historical in later use).

Designating an object which is distinguished from others of the same type by having a (more or less)… Of a ship or boat: having a broad beam and a…

Of a ship: curved inward on the upper decks. Frequently with in. Cf. to house in at house, v.1 phrasal verbs. Obsolete.

Shipbuilding. Built on fine tapering lines.

With reference to form only (without implication of cutting or piercing). Nautical. Of the shape of a vessel: Having a narrow and wedge-shaped bottom.

Originally (Nautical) of a ship, its keel, etc.: drooping at bow and stern. Later: having a distinctive arched shape rising in the centre. Cf. hog…

Shipbuilding. = clean, adj. 10b; ‘sharp’: opposed to bluff.

Of a ship: Broad in the beam; cf. beam, n.1 16.

(Cf. beam, n.1 16b.)