Used for vessels of very light draught and flattish bottoms, to make them hold a better wind, also to support them upright when grounded. The Warrior and other iron-clads are fitted with bilge-keels.
·noun ·pl Ninepins. ·see <<Kayles>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An old British name for long vessels formerly written ceol and cyulis. Verstegan informs us that the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Bilge water. II. Bilge ·vt To cause to bulge. III. Bilge ·vi To <<Bulge>>. IV. Bilge ·noun ...
, or bulge That part of the floor in a ship on either side of the keel which approaches nearer t...
See sliding bilge-blocks. ...
In launching a ship, same with sliding-planks. ...
The illness occasioned by a foul hold. ...
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...
These are fitted inside of the bilge, to afford strength where iron, ores, and other heavy cargo are...
Synonymous with bilge-keels. ...
Certain thick strengthenings on the inner and outer lines of the bilge, to secure the shiftings as w...
A small pump used for carrying off the water which may lodge about the lee-bilge, so as not to be un...
Another name for bilge-coads. ...
The rain or sea-water which occasionally enters a vessel, and running down to her floor, remains in ...
See bouge and chine ...
Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds. ...