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watertight, a.|ˈwɔːtətaɪt|
[See tight a. 2 a.]
1. a. So closely constructed or fitted that water cannot leak through.
1387Charters etc. Edin. (1871) 35 Thekyt abovyn with stane and water thycht. Ibid. 36 The qwilke werke the forsaide masounys sal warande watir thicht. 1514Lincoln Wills (1914) I. 61 To keep hyt wyndthyght and waterthyght. 1554Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 281 Makand the said tolbuith vattirthicht. 1601T. Milles Customers Accompt B ij, Her Houses neither Wind-tight, nor Water-tight. 1648in J. Davidson Inverurie (1878) 302 The heritors in all parishes are ordained to keep the kirk wind-fast and water⁓tight. 1776in Trans. Soc. Arts (1783) I. 232 High-topped water-tight boots. 1793Trans. Soc. Arts V. 202 The joint..is perfectly water-tight. 1835Marryat Jacob Faithf. xl, All the nails in Birmingham won't make this boat water⁓tight. 1873B. Stewart Conserv. Energy ii. 32 Each of these cylinders is provided with a water-tight piston.
fig.1647Ward Simple Cobler 33 There is good hope, when peace is setled, people shall dwell more wind-tight and water-tight than formerly. 1892Daily News 12 Jan. 4/7 The most watertight scheme hitherto proposed is undoubtedly Mr. Charles Booth's.
b. watertight compartment: each of the many compartments, with watertight partitions, into which the interior of a large ship is now usually divided for safety. Hence often fig.
1858J. Grantham Iron Ship-building 48 Several of these [water-tight bulkheads]..divide the vessel into water-tight compartments. 1888Sir J. Strachey India iii. 63 Thus, what has been called ‘the policy of watertight compartments’ has been applied throughout the Indian army. 1902J. Smith Integr. Script. vi. (ed. 2) 209 That faith in the Bible..must be kept in a water-tight compartment, jealously excluded from the least contact with criticism.
2. As n. (usu. in pl.) Watertight boots.
1867J. T. Thomson Rambles with Philosopher iii. 14 A shoemaker..beating time with his mallet on the hob-nails of an old water-tight that he was repairing. 1880Jefferies Hodge & M. xxi. (1890) 303 He..slips his feet into his thick ‘water-tights’. 1886Hardy Mayor Casterbr. xxvi, Time-stiffened water-tights reappeared.
Hence ˈwatertightness.
1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xi. 228 Watertightness is usually secured by working angle-irons around the keelsons or stringers in such a manner as to allow the caulking of the joints to be readily performed. 1882Athenæum 6 May 564/3 To have one's representations as to the drainage or water⁓tightness of one's house neglected. 1889Welch Naval Archit. vi. 82 The joints being caulked for watertightness. |