overhanging bow
1spoon bow — noun : an overhanging bow of a ship whose underside is somewhat spoon shaped * * * spoon bowed, adj. /bow/, Naut. an overhanging bow having a convex, curved stem. [1900 05] …
2spoon bow — spoon bowed, adj. /bow/, Naut. an overhanging bow having a convex, curved stem. [1900 05] * * * …
3clipper bow — noun Etymology: clipper (III) : an overhanging ship s bow with a concave profile * * * /bow/, Naut. a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance. Also called fiddle bow. [1840 50] …
4Xebec — This article is about the type of ship. For the animation studio, see Xebec (studio). A xebec with three lateens and oars A xebec (   …
5clipper — noun Date: 14th century 1. one that clips something 2. an implement for clipping especially hair, fingernails, or toenails usually used in plural 3. a. one that moves swiftly b. a fast sailing ship; …
6xebec — noun Etymology: modification of French chebec, from Arabic shabbāk Date: 1756 a usually 3 masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern …
7xebec — [zē′bek] n. [altered (infl. by Sp form) < earlier chebec < Fr chébec < It sciabecco, prob. via Sp xabeque (now jabeque) < Ar shabbāk, a small warship] a small, three masted ship having an overhanging bow and stern and both square and… …
8knee of head — an arrangement of timbers outside the stem and below the bowsprit that forms an overhanging bow in a wooden ship …
9military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …
10History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …
