graving piece

nounNautical.

a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.

Origin of graving piece

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First recorded in 1795–1805

Words Nearby graving piece

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How to use graving piece in a sentence

I once heard a captain of one of the mail steamers describe this job as “letting in a graving piece down the back.”
West African studies | Mary Henrietta Kingsley

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