Nautical. A piece of timber extending horizontally round the top of the sides of a boat; the gunwale.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost (15) walec1330 Nautical. A piece of timber extending horizontally round the top of the sides of a boat; the gunwale. wale-stock1350 ? a piece of timber to serve as a gunwale. gunwale1466 The upper edge of a ship's side; in large vessels, the uppermost planking, which covers the timber-heads and reaches from the quarter-deck to the… port-last1612 The gunwale of a ship. a port-last: (of a yard) lowered to the level of the gunwales. Cf. portoise, n. planeshearc1620 The outermost plank or series of planks covering the gunwale or the heads of the frames in a wooden ship. Cf. planksheer, n. planksheeringa1687 = planksheer, n. portoise1705 The gunwale of a ship; = port-last, n. wale-piece1739 †(a) a piece of timber to serve as the gunwale of a boat; (b) a horizontal timber connecting and binding the piles or posts of a bridge, dam, etc. sheer-strake1805 the uppermost strake of the side planking or plating of a vessel, also attributive. sheer-wale1805 = sheer-strake n. planksheer1827 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… sheer1841 = sheer-strake n. at compounds. covering-board1846 a plank which is fitted round the ship, covering the tops of all the timbers; = planeshear, n. wale-streak1856 the gunwale of a boat. waling-piece1909 Nautical. The timbers forming the wale of a boat; in combination waling-piece, ? = wale-piece n. (a) at wale, n.1 compounds. |
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