| 单词 | anchor stock fashion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanchor stock fashion anchor stock fashion n. and adv. (a) n. a method of working and arranging the planks on the sides of a ship so that they taper from the broadest part in the middle to the narrowest at each end, allowing for the broadest part of one to align with the narrowest of another, thus improving the strength of the hull; (b) adv. according to or by means of this method. [So called on account of the shape of the planks resembling that of a typical wooden anchor-stock, which is wider in the middle (where the shank passes though), and narrower at each end.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > methods of construction or working housing in1627 whole moulding1711 anchor stock fashion1780 bracket system1874 shadow-building1891 1780 Boyer's Dictionnaire Royal (rev. ed.) II. 21/3 Anchor stock fashion, maniere d'assembler deux files de préceintes couplées..de façon que chaque piece a la forme d'un jat d'ancre, c'est-à-dire plus large au milieu qu'aux deux bouts. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 133 The lower sill..is generally of two strakes, wrought anchor-stock fashion. 1896 Engineering 26 June 835/1 The planking was arranged in what was known as the anchor-stock fashion. 2006 Model Shipwright No. 136. 28/2 The spirketting was laid in two plank widths anchor stock fashion. < as lemmas |
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