A central line, an axis; spec. (Nautical) (in a shipwright's plan) a line dividing a ship down the middle (see quot. 1805); (Croquet) the line of…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations (19) middle line?c1400 A central line, an axis; spec. (Nautical) (in a shipwright's plan) a line dividing a ship down the middle (see quot. 1805); (Croquet) the line of… sweep1627 Shipbuilding. An arc or curved line used in a plan to indicate the shape of the timbers; the curve of a ship's timbers. Obsolete. lines1680 plural. The outlines, plan, or draught of a building or other structure; spec. in Shipbuilding, the outlines of a vessel as shown in its… touch1711 Shipbuilding. Originally: the point at each end of the keel of a ship at which it ceases to be straight. In later use also (in the design of a ship… waterline1750 Shipbuilding. Each of a set of imaginary lines where horizontal planes at different heights cut the hull of a ship, which represent the contour of… station1754 Shipbuilding. Each of a series of equally spaced points along a line running the length of a vessel at which the form of the hull cross-section is… sheer-draught1769 body plan1781 (a) Shipbuilding an end elevation of a ship, showing the breadth, contour of the sides, etc., at various points along its length (in wooden ships… sheer-line1797 the line of elevation of a ship's deck. sheer-plan1797 (see quots.). touchline1797 Shipbuilding. Any of various key lines which form the basis of a ship's design. Cf. touch, n. 17a. Obsolete. rare. water plane1798 Shipbuilding. A horizontal plane conceived as passing through a vessel when afloat, level with the surface of the water. Cf. waterline, n. 1. centreline1806 spec. Nautical and Shipbuilding. An imaginary line running lengthways along the middle of a vessel from bow to stern, dividing the port and… buttock line1816 each of a series of longitudinal curved lines marked in parallel on a plan of a ship to describe the contours of its hull, esp. in the after-body… crown1830 Nautical. The arching or camber of a ship's deck or its beams. scrieve1830 Shipbuilding and Boatbuilding. Any of the lines or grooves incised on a scrive board (scrieve board, n.), which mark out the body plan of a ship… top-breadth line1846 a line in a plan showing the longitudinal curve of the ship's side at the level of the top-timbers. wave-line1846 Shipbuilding. An outline recommended by some naval architects for the hull of a vessel as facilitating movement through the waves. floor-plan1867 (a) Shipbuilding (see quot. 1867); (b) Architecture (see quot. 1874). |
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