| 单词 | oxter-plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoxter-plate oxter-plate n. Shipbuilding (now rare) a supporting plate riveted to the stern from immediately below or on the transom, esp. on wooden vessels. 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 1884 Times I Jan. 12/1 A great proportion of vessels reported as ‘foundered and missing’ are undoubtedly lost by fire, by collision,..by the giving way of steering gear, by oxter plates being made rectangular and cracking at the corners, [etc.]. 1904 A. C. Holms Pract. Shipbuilding I. 526 The oxter plates are those which take the sternpost, immediately below, or partly on, the transom. 1927 G. F. Leechman Theory & Pract. Steering 51 The rotary current applies considerable pressure upon the hull in the vicinity of the oxter plate. 1982 P. Clissold Layton's Dict. Naut. Words 244 Oxter plate, specially-shaped plate where side-plating ends in way of after deadwood. < as lemmas |
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