half-breadth plan

[ haf-bredth, -bretth, -breth, hahf- ]

nounNaval Architecture.
  1. a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines.

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How to use half-breadth plan in a sentence

  • By laying the cucumber on its side and cutting it lengthwise, you will have a notion of the half-breadth plan.

  • A narrow plank made to a line formed on the half-breadth plan, by taking the intersections of the diagonal line with the timbers.

    The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
  • There are three of them,—the sheer plan, the half-breadth plan, and the body plan.