| 单词 | main-wale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain-wale main-wale n. Nautical the lower wale (wale n.1 4). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > horizontal timber(s) wale1295 bend1626 channel wale1672 main-walea1750 in-wale1875 a1750 in G. Hampson Portsmouth Customs Let. Bks. (1994) 159 The Breadth [of the ship] is to be taken from the Outside of the Outside Plank..be it either above or below the Main Whales. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Wales They are usually distinguished into the main-wale and the channel-wale. 1955 C. N. Longridge Anat. Nelson's Ships i. iv. 65 The main wale..is a broad band of thick planking running the entire length of the ship and it has a very pronounced ‘sheer’, particularly at the after end. < as lemmas |
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