molded depth

noun

Naval Architecture.

1. the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.

Example Sentences

His molded depth, one might assess at 20 inches between the eaves; his longitude, say, five feet eleven; his registered tonnage, 170; his cargo, literary; and his destination, the editorial sancta of a well-known publishing house.

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There was a lot of beam to her a's, Mac told me, but blamed little molded depth to her mentality.

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