solepiece
noun
1
: a timber or girder laid on the ground to take and distribute the thrust of an upright or strut : the floor member of a frame
2
a
: a piece on the bottom of the rudder of a wooden ship designed to bring it down to the false keel
b
: a piece joining rudderpost and sternpost in a steel ship
c
: a projection from a ship's keel designed to support a balanced rudder
Word History
Etymology
sole entry 1 + piece
- thresholds
- threskiornes
- threskiornises
- threskiornisses
- Threskiornithidae
- threskiornithidaes
- threw
- threw (on)
- threw away
- threw back
- threw cold water on
- threw down
- threw in
- threw in the towel
- threw off
- threw on
- threw out
- threw over
- threw together
- threw up
- thribble
- thrice
- thrice-accented octave
- thricecock
- thricer