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deck beam

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noun

  1. nautical a stiffening deck member supported at its extremities by knee connections to frames or bulkheads

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Or, he could have typed into a search engine, “connect deck beam to post” — and hoped he would find the correct answer.

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“Well, here we are,” said the Deck Beam, addressing the Donkey Engine.

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A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.

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The highest point of the deck is at No. 6, where a deck beam is placed, the shape of it and of the deck at No. 9 being shown in Fig.

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Then a light deck beam is set in amidships, the mast step put in, and the inside of the hull and the bottom of the deck painted.

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