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 Semmes, Raphael

Boiler— length over all 8   feet. „ diameter of shell 30   feet. „ thickness of shell 7∕16   inch. „ fire-box sheets, outside, thickness 1∕2   inch.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

Her length of keel was 128 ft.; length over all, 167 ft.; beam, 48 ft.

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

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 Holmes, George C. V.