cutwater
Americannoun
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Nautical.
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the forward edge of the stem of a vessel, dividing the water as the vessel advances.
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a vertical timber construction set forward of and following the stem of a wooden vessel below the water line, usually curving forward above the water line to support a beak-head or figurehead.
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Civil Engineering. a sharply pointed upstream face of a bridge pier, for resisting the effects of moving water or ice.
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Etymology
Origin of cutwater
Example Sentences
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Other blazes had mysteriously broken out from her cutwater to her overhanging stern.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among shipowners he was famed for reintroducing the vertical figurehead, a figure that stood upright on the cutwater instead of hanging horizontally over the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had a peculiarly long cutwater and a very straight sheer, which, as she came up to the windward of us, and presented nearly her broadside, was discernible.
From Peter the Whaler by Austin, Henry
Only the phosphorescent spray from her sharp cutwater marked her position.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
Alow and aloft, from her tub cutwater and forward-sloping rail to her languid wings of matting, she was grimed an earthy, angry red.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
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