planksheern.
/ˈplaŋkʃɪə/, U.S. /ˈplæŋkˌʃɪ(ə)r/ Shipbuilding.
The outermost plank or series of planks covering the gunwale or the heads of the frames in a wooden ship; = planeshear n. Also (now rare): planking forming a shelf below the gunwale in a man-of-war.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost
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1827 Edinb. Advertiser 23 Nov. 749/2 The ship..struck with a heavy cross sea, which..ripped up her plank sheer, and caused the ship to leak.
1837 M. H. Barker in Bentley's Misc. May 476 Beauty..a'nt so much in the figure-head, or the plank-shear.
1851 G. Coggeshall Voy. iii. 40 The force of the sea broke one of the top timbers or stancheons, and split open the plank-sheer.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xii. 238 A continuous angle-iron, which also serves to receive the fastenings of the wooden planksheer.
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 130/2 Plank sheers or covering boards, those planks placed over the top of the frames and sheer strake.
1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 652/2 Plank sheer, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale of a wooden vessel or the plank covering the timber heads of the frames when they are brought up above the level of the gunwale.
1985 J. E. Garland Adventure: Queen of Windjammers iii. 32 The frames are made up of as many as eleven pieces at the midsection, starting with the heavy crosswise floor..and working up either side.., through the navel timber, the first and second futtocks, or flitches, the top timber, the planksheer, and ultimately the stanchion above the deck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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