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plank-sheer
noun
- nautical a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plank-sheer1
C14 plancher, from Old French planchier, from planche plank, from Latin planca; spelling influenced by plank 1, sheer 1
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Example Sentences
Her plank-sheer amidships was awash, and the water rolling in a green body from starboard to port and back again.
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The plank sheer was ripped off the vessel from aft to amidships, as neatly as if it had been done by the carpenters.
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As Spike uttered this order, his foot was on the plank-sheer of the bulwarks, in the act of passing to the wharf again.
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As for Spike, he sat down on the plank-sheer where he had stood, and remained there ruminating intently for two or three minutes.
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Such are the wales, the plank-sheer, the garboard-strakes, and the like.
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