plank-sheer

British  

noun

1. nautical a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel

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Etymology

Origin of plank-sheer

C14 plancher, from Old French planchier, from planche plank, from Latin planca; spelling influenced by _plank ¹ , _sheer ¹

Example Sentences

Such are the wales, the plank-sheer, the garboard-strakes, and the like.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

As for Spike, he sat down on the plank-sheer where he had stood, and remained there ruminating intently for two or three minutes.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore

Two shots below plank-sheer, abreast of boiler hatch.

From An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864 by Edge, Frederick Milnes

The Woodville rose till her plank-sheer was even with the surface of the water.

From Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People by Optic, Oliver

Her plank-sheer amidships was awash, and the water rolling in a green body from starboard to port and back again.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan