deck stringer

  • 1deck stringer — The strake of deck plating that runs along the outboard edge of a deck …

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  • 2deck stringer — noun : a strake of plating secured to the deck beams along the outer edge of a ship s deck in order to connect the beams to the side of the ship and to each other …

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  • 3stringer — A fore and aft girder running along the side of a ship at the shell and also to the outboard strake of plating on any deck. Also see deck stringer …

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  • 4stringer bar — The angle connecting the deck plating to the shell plating or to the inside of the frames. The strength deck stringer bar is usually called the gunwale bar …

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  • 5deck-bridge — deckˈ bridge noun A bridge whose upper stringer carries the roadway • • • Main Entry: ↑deck …

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  • 6stringer — /string euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that strings. 2. a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts. 3. Archit. string (def. 15b). 4. Civ. Engin. a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents or… …

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  • 7stringer plate — noun : one of the plates forming the outer strake of a ship s deck and being usually heavier than those used for the rest of the deck see ship illustration …

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  • 8stringer — string•er [[t]ˈstrɪŋ ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that strings 2) bui a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts 3) archit. string 10), b) 4) civ a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents …

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  • 9side stringer — noun : a structure similar to a keelson between the turn of the bilge and the lowest deck beams of a ship …

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  • 10Shell plating — is the outer most structure on the hull of a steel or aluminum ship or boat. It is the structural element that renders the hull watertight. Strakes A strake is the name given to each line of planking in a wooden vessel. [Kemp, The Oxford… …

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