| 单词 | top and butt |
| 释义 | > as lemmastop and butt i. Shipbuilding. top and butt: a method of working long tapering planks together in pairs by positioning the narrower top part of one within a certain distance of the broader end of another. In earlier use also as adv.Cf. anchor stock fashion n. and adv., hook and butt n.; cf. butt n.5 1b. ΚΠ 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 139 Top and Butt, a method of working English plank so as to make good conversion...This is done by disposing the top-end of every plank within six feet of the butt end of the plank above or below it. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 235 In converting the transoms, let care be taken to work them top and butt. 1918 W. J. Thompson Wooden Shipbuilding i. 84 Touch, the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt. 2003 K. H. Marquardt Global Schooner v. 137/2 A third variation to top and butt was the hook and butt method. < as lemmas |
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