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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length over all

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 of keel was 128 ft.; length over all, 167 ft.; beam, 48 ft.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.

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

But the campfire, where he knew the German generals slept or planned, went out, and darkness trailed its length over all this land which by night had become a wilderness.

From The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Her length of keel was only sixty feet; length of ship proper, ninety-three; and length over all, one hundred and twenty-eight.

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