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Slices
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Tapering wedges of plank used to drive under the false keel, and between the bilge-ways, preparatory to launching a vessel.
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Preparatory, английский
Подготовительный (сигнал)
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Sliding baulks, o, английский
Sliding-planks. those timbers fitted under the bottom of a ship, to descend with her upon the bilge-ways when launched.
Sleepers, английский
- Timbers lying fore and aft in the bottom of the ship, now generally applied to the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship`s quarter. they are particularly used in greenland ships, to strengthen the bows and stern-frame, to enable them to resist the shocks of the ice. also, any wooden beams used as supports. also, ground tier casks.
- In the us known as "ties", short for "crossties". the transverse members of trackwork, made of wood, concrete or sometimes steel, which are used to secure the rails at the correct gauge. cast steel chairs fixed to the sleepers hold the rails in place by means of clips or keys.
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