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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the thick pieces of timber shaped in the form of knees and placed directly across the stem of a ship, to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. See cut under
stem .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A horizontal
timber fitted in thebows of aship to addstrength and to connect thesides to thestem
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reesetee commented on the word breasthook
A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the forepart and unite the bows on either side.
August 21, 2009