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noun Naval Architecture.
a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
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Also called profile plan.
Compare body plan, half-breadth plan.
Origin of sheer plan
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby sheer plan
sheeptick, sheepwalk, sheer, sheerlegs, Sheerness, sheer plan, sheesh, sheet, sheet anchor, sheet bend, sheetcase
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