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Trimmer, sometimes coal trimmer
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
Person responsible for ensuring that a vessel remains in `trim` (that the cargo and fuel are evenly balanced). an important task on a coal-fired vessel, as it could get `out-of-trim` coal is consumed.
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Responsible, английский
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Shakes, английский
- Pieces of barrels or casks broken down to save space. they are worth very little, leading to the phrase "no great shakes".
- In construction, shakes are a type of shingle usually hand cleft from a bolt and used for roofing or weatherboarding.
- A name given by shipwrights to the cracks or rents in any piece of timber, occasioned by the sun or weather. the same as rends or shans (which see).
- [1] shipwright’s term for the cracks which appear in weathered timber. [2] see stave.
Coal trimmer, or trimmer, английский
Person responsible for ensuring that a coal-fired vessel remains in `trim` (evenly balanced) as coal is consumed on a voyage.
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