bluff bow
1bluff bow — A broad bow ● bow …
2bluff — bluff1 bluffly, adv. bluffness, n. /bluf/, adj., bluffer, bluffest, n. adj. 1. good naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man. 2. presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bl …
3bluff — English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly… …
4bluff — English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly… …
5bluff-bowed — ˈ ̷ ̷|bau̇d adjective Etymology: bluff (I) of a ship : having a broad flat bow …
6Como Bluff — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
7Lake freighter — Lake freighters, or Lakers, are cargo vessels that ply the Great Lakes. The most well known is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald , the latest major vessel to be wrecked on the Lakes. These vessels are traditionally called boats, not ships. In the mid 20th …
8Barque — A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel. History of the term The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages. The form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish, was bark , while that adopted by French, perhaps from Gaulish, was …
9cat-built — /kat bilt /, adj. (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead. * * * …
10full — I. /fʊl / (say fool) adjective 1. filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup; a full theatre. 2. complete; entire; maximum: a full supply. 3. of unmixed ancestry: a full Aboriginal. 4. of the maximum size,… …
