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noun Naval Architecture.

the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.

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Origin of molded breadth

First recorded in 1790–1800

However, there was sharp disagreement over the breadth of the problem.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 7|PunditFact.com|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zoe Saldana has also recently praised sci-fi movies for the depth and breadth of women in its ensembles.
Science-Fiction TV Finds a New Muse: Feminism|David Levesley|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The newest coach seats drop the upholstery and, instead, are shells molded to the human spine.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A U.S. diplomat once spoke with bitterness of the breadth of his power when negotiating with an uncooperative dictator.
This Is Obama’s U.N. Plan to Choke Off ISIS’s Recruits|Kimberly Dozier|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She is shocked by the breadth of the havoc unleashed on Gaza and is devastated by the price Palestinians have paid.
Hamas Claims ‘Victory’ Amid the Rubble of Gaza|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frulein Fichtner is more in the bravura than in the sentimental line, and she has a certain breadth, grasp, and freshness.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
It is possible—as in urate infarcts of infants—for urates to be molded into cylindric bodies within the renal tubules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
And the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy, land, O Emmanuel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
That of the female just killed measured four feet five inches in length and four feet in breadth.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Thence we proceeded directly into the principal street (Rua Direita), whose only beauty consists in its breadth.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer