| 单词 | heel knee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel knee heel knee n. a bent piece of timber which fits into the angle formed by the junction of the sternpost and keel in order to reinforce the joint; = sternson n. a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > parts supporting stern-post crutch1769 heel knee1830 stern-knee1846 sternson1846 sternson-knee1849 clutch1850 oxter-plate1884 1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. iii. i. 264 Keep the chain round the end of the keel until such time as the dead-woods are all on, and the heel-knee fastened. 1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 121 The upper foremost and upper aftermost pieces of dead-wood are called Deadwood-knees, being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of which connects the keel with the stem and stern-post. They are termed respectively Stem-knees and Heel-knees. 2004 T. J. Oertling in F. M. Hocker & C. A. Ward Philos. Shipbuilding ix. 132/2 The latter wreck had its frames toenailed into the heel knee. < as lemmas |
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