top-timbern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtop-ˌtimber.

Shipbuilding.

One of the uppermost timbers in the side of a ship: see quot. 1850. Also attributive.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > uppermost timber

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1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 8 Then plancke your outside and inside vp, with your Top timbers.

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 20 Marke it on the foot of the Toptimber Mould.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Architecture The top-timbers, which are..united to the floor-timbers.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 378/1 The top~timber line, is a curve [drawn along the top of the ribs] limiting the height of the ship at each timber.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 156 Top-timbers, the timbers which form the topside: those which reach the tops are called the long top-timbers, and those below..the short top-timbers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	top-timber
释义	top-timbern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtop-ˌtimber. Shipbuilding. One of the uppermost timbers in the side of a ship: see quot. 1850. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > uppermost timber top-timber1626 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 8 Then plancke your outside and inside vp, with your Top timbers. 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 20 Marke it on the foot of the Toptimber Mould. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Architecture The top-timbers, which are..united to the floor-timbers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 378/1 The top~timber line, is a curve [drawn along the top of the ribs] limiting the height of the ship at each timber. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 156 Top-timbers, the timbers which form the topside: those which reach the tops are called the long top-timbers, and those below..the short top-timbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1626
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