stern-frame arch
1stern frame — noun 1. : the timbers in a wooden vessel constituting the upper part of stern or counter 2. : the forging or casting in a steel ship including in one piece the propeller post with boss, the sternpost with gudgeons, and the arch and solepiece * *… …
2Stern — For other meanings, see Stern (disambiguation). Detailed schematic of an elliptical or fantail stern[1] The stern is the rear or aft most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up …
3arch board — Naut. a distinctive area at the upper part of a stern, curving upward toward the center and giving the name and port of the vessel within a carved and painted frame; escutcheon. * * * …
4arch board — Naut. a distinctive area at the upper part of a stern, curving upward toward the center and giving the name and port of the vessel within a carved and painted frame; escutcheon …
5Spring of an arch — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …
6Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
7architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …
8List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
9Bathhouse Row — Infobox nrhp | name =Bathhouse Row nrhp type = nhl caption = Skylight in Fordyce bathhouse location= Hot Springs, Arkansas lat degrees = 34 | lat minutes = 30 | lat seconds = 49 | lat direction = N long degrees = 93 | long minutes = 3 | long… …
10Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
