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 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

Her length from the fore part of stem under the bowsprit to the aft side of the head of the stern-post is 97.75 feet, and her length over all 116.25.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

But the campfire, where he knew the German generals slept or planned, went out, and darkness trailed its length over all this land which by night had become a wilderness.

From The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

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