half-section

noun

1. engineering a scale drawing of a section through a symmetrical object that shows only half the object

Example Sentences

I'd meet him crawling along the fence of his half section, wrapped up in all the rags he could lay claws on, if 'twas winter.

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His half section is all wheat land and has been brought under a high state of cultivation, large crops being annually gathered.

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The result is a half section of the boat; the other symmetrical half is easily obtained.

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A mile away to the west stood a low stone house and immediately in front of us opened a half-section of unfenced sod.

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Father says every foot of the half-section ought to be viewed from that tree, except what's in the little clump about the cabin.

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