, knees, planks, &c., are such as cross a vessel's timbers obliquely. (See diagonal trussing.)
·noun A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel. II. Diagonal ·noun A diago...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A narrow plank made to a line formed on the half-breadth plan, by taking the intersections of the di...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A particular method of binding and strengthening a vessel internally by a series of riders and truss...
Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally. ...
Iron bars to secure the lanterns. ...
The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...
To hold both together, and by pressure haul in both equally. Also so to join the ends of two ropes, ...