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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ship-building, a metal cleat bolted to the after part of the stern-post, for one of the rudder-pintles to play on.
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chained_bear commented on the word dumb-chalder
"'Do you remember how I stood on the dumb-chalder when Dick Richards and I cleared the Nutmeg's rudder?'"
--O'Brian, The Truelove, 99
A Sea of Words: A metal cleat bolted to the back of a wooden sternpost for the end of a rudder-pintle to rest on and carry some of the rudder's weight. (180)
March 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dumb-chalder
See bum-calder.
March 11, 2008