Examples from literature

• A row of shelves crossed the bulkhead and some water lay in the angle where the slanted floor met the side sheathing. 
• As the profile shows, the vessel is divided by transverse bulkheads into seven watertight compartments, and there are double bottoms. 
• He sat upright on the locker in front of the stove, with his head leaning back against the bulkhead. 
• The hull is divided into six water-tight compartments by steel bulkheads. 
• There were no decks or bulkheads, nothing but an intricate network of ladders connecting the various operating positions of the spaceship. 
• To the right opened the master's stateroom, and a door in the forward bulkhead led to the galley.