length over all

American  

noun

1. Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.

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length over all

Dockage fees run $120 per linear foot in the summer, $105 in the winter, and Ms. Clegg’s schooner is 39 feet length over all.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2016

Her length over all was about 220 feet, length of keel, 210 feet; breadth of beam, 32 feet, and 18 feet from deck to keel.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes

Her dimensions being—35 feet in length over all, 7½ feet breadth of beam, and 3 feet depth of hold.

From Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum

Two of them were of identical dimensions, viz. length of keel, 49½ ft.; length over all, 75 ft.; beam, 10 ft.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes

The framework is of polished ash wood, made in sections so that it can easily be taken to pieces and transported, and the length over all is 56 feet.

From The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton

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