hull girder
noun Naval Architecture.
the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
Nearby words
hulky, hull, hull balance, hull down, hull efficiency, hull girder, hull house, hull, bobby, hull, cordell, hull, william, hullabaloo
Origin of hull girder
probably earlier than 1945–50
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019