lateral resistance

nounNaval Architecture.

resistance to sidewise motion caused by wind pressure, supplied by the immersed portion of a hull of a vessel.

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A man in the water weighs practically nothing, and to heave around a capstan under water requires lateral resistance.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan Robertson

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