sholen.
/ʃəʊl/ Nautical.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests > blocks or planks supporting
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1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 26 The Transoms ought to be level, but especially the Wing Transom, securing all very well with Shores, which ought to be plac'd on Timber Foundations, called Sholes.
1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 131 Sholes, pieces of oak or plank, placed under the soles of the standards; or under the heels of the shores, in docks or slips where there are no groundways, to enable them to sustain the weight required without sinking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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