Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern.
The incurvated ribs of a ship which branch outwards from the keel in a vertical direction, so as to ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adv At or against the front or face. II. Counter ·vt Money; coin; — used in contempt. III. Count...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...
·noun The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. ...
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...
Two pieces of oak, usually called knight-heads (which see). ...
Those on each side of the stem, continued up for the security of the bowsprit. (See knight-heads.) ...
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...
They derive their name from being canted or raised obliquely from the keel. The upper ends of those ...
Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building. ...
See cross-piece. ...
Blocks of wood introduced in all well-built vessels between the frames, where the bilge-water may wa...
See floors ...
These consist of the floor-timbers, futtocks, and top-timbers; they are placed upon the keel at righ...
See futtocks. ...
Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson. ...
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
The upright timbers in the bow, bolted on each side of the stem, in which the hawse-holes are cut. ...
The top-timbers in the fore-body, the heads of which stand perpendicular, and form an angle with the...
, or long top-timbers. Synonymous with double futtocks. Timbers in the cant-bodies, reaching from ...
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel. ...
The first general tier which reach the top are called long top-timbers, and those below short top-ti...
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. ...
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>. ...
·adj ·see <<Compony>>. ...
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coat of arms...
·adj Running in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coast of arms. ...
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...
·adj Leaping from each other; — said of two figures on a coast of arms. ...
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. ...
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...
See Compter Alley, Compter Court. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise ...
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
A word often used for contravallation. ...
The converse of mould (which see). ...
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates. ...
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...
See counter-approaches. ...
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...
See counter. ...
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.) ...
See bevelling. ...
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...
See stern-timbers. ...
See long timbers ...
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...