bilge waternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɪldʒ ˌwɔː.tər/us/ˈbɪldʒ ˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/the dirty water that collects in the bottom inside part of a ship
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Parts of ships & boats
- abaft
- boathook
- boiler room
- capstan
- diving bell
- echo sounder
- engine room
- gangplank
- gunnel
- helm
- hull
- jib
- lanyard
- lifebelt
- mast
- oar
- porthole
- rib
- sail
- tiller
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Examples from literature
- A pump was connected with the cylinder cooling apparatus, designed to free the cockpit of bilge water, but the pump would not work.
- But they dragged me along and presently I found myself chained in the midst of a line of black men and women, many feet resting in the bilge water.
- Harriet Penny had fainted and lay with the back of her head awash in the shallow bilge water.
- The place was low, not more than seven feet in height, and the slaves lay ironed in the bilge water on the bottom of the vessel.