| 单词 | head timber |
| 释义 | > as lemmashead timber head timber n. Shipbuilding (now historical) each of the upright pieces of timber which support the frame of the headrails. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Breast-hooks The connexion and solidity of the ship in this place willl be reinforced in proportion to the strength and extent of the breast-hooks, so that they may cover a greater number of the head-timbers. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 124 Head-timbers, the pieces that cross the rails of the head vertically. They are bolted through their heels to the cutting-down of the knee, and unite the whole together. 1933 C. G. Davis Built-up Ship Model 103 Our little brig had the head-timbers but no crossbeams. 2001 D. Poyer Fire on Waters (2007) xv. 192 It [sc. a wave] broke green and then white in the head timbers and then blew apart and exploded aft. < as lemmas |
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