length over all

American  

noun

1. Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.

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Example Sentences

Dockage fees run $120 per linear foot in the summer, $105 in the winter, and Ms. Clegg’s schooner is 39 feet length over all.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

Her length from the fore part of stem under the bowsprit to the aft side of the head of the stern-post is 97.75 feet, and her length over all 116.25.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

I. Its length over all is 27½ in.; the playing length of the hair is 23¼ in.; the width of the hair barely ¼ in.

From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Saint-George, Henry

The length over all was 176 feet, on the keel 146.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry

Her length over all is 485 feet; beam, 51 feet; depth, 36 feet; and gross tonnage, 5,920 tons.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various