section

A draught or figure representing the internal parts of a ship cut by a plane at any particular place athwart ships or longitudinally.

Section
·noun A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. II. Section ·noun The act of...

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section
A distinct part of a city, town, country or people; a part of a territory separated by geographical ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
longitudinal section
In ship-building, a line which cuts the draught of a vessel lengthwise. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
transverse section
A 'thwart-ship view of any part of a ship when cut by a plane at right angles to the keel. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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A horizontal section at the load water-line in the ship-builder's draught. ...

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