Meaning of hooden | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).

Examples

“By means of a diver a bad place⟳ was found in the after hooden ends, and the vessel was dipped by the head to bring⟳ it out of the water.”

“Show⟳ by a sketch⟳ how the tenons in the body-post of a screw ship should be placed in relation to the rabbet of the hooden ends. Give⟳ the reason⟳ for so placing them.”

“Judging by the greatness of the leake, it must have⟳ been some Butt or Hoodens end⟳ started her lying swadling with her lee Gunnhill in the Sea, & almost ungovernable by her helm, and that it was impossible to keep⟳ her up long enough to get⟳ ...”

“But for deep and narrow vessels you must line your hooden-ends wider to get⟳ up faster, and consequently the lower ends of the after-hoods will come⟳ round, […]”

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