单词 | footwale |
释义 | > as lemmasfootwale footwale n. Nautical (now historical) a thick, longitudinal timber on the interior of a ship's hull, usually located near the turn of the bilge, used to reinforce the joints in the frames; cf. foot waling n.rare between the early 17th and late 20th centuries. ΚΠ 1294 Exchequer Accts. (Public Rec. Office) 5/2 (MED) Footwale. 1347–50 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 55 Pour wale piecen walestokez et fotwalen..pour les votwalen et autre diuerse mesrime. 1548 W. Grey Let. 3 Apr. in C. S. Knighton & D. Loades Navy Edward VI & Mary I (2011) (modernized text) 64 The Phoenix is not able to serve until she may be brought in a dock, there to have timbers and footwales put in her. c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (modernized text) in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 8 The foot wales are long pieces of compass timber fastened to the floor timbers within board, and wrought up a strake or two from the keelson. 1999 R. C. Smith in J. A. Bense Archaeology Colonial Pensacola iv. 100 Beyond the buttresses on the port side is a footwale, which strengthened the hull framing. 2005 F. V. de Castro Pepper Wreck vii. 106 No traces of the keelson, footwales or ceiling were found on the site. < as lemmas |
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