plank-sheer
Britishnoun
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
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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
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
As Spike uttered this order, his foot was on the plank-sheer of the bulwarks, in the act of passing to the wharf again.
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
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
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