What is an inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally called?
standard — (Shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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