overhanging bow

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• spoon bow — noun : an overhanging bow of a ship whose underside is somewhat spoon shaped * * * spoon bowed, adj. /bow/, Naut. an overhanging bow having a convex, curved stem. [1900 05] …   Useful english dictionary

• spoon bow — spoon bowed, adj. /bow/, Naut. an overhanging bow having a convex, curved stem. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

• clipper bow — noun Etymology: clipper (III) : an overhanging ship s bow with a concave profile * * * /bow/, Naut. a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance. Also called fiddle bow. [1840 50] …   Useful english dictionary

• Xebec — This article is about the type of ship. For the animation studio, see Xebec (studio). A xebec with three lateens and oars A xebec (   …   Wikipedia

• clipper — noun Date: 14th century 1. one that clips something 2. an implement for clipping especially hair, fingernails, or toenails usually used in plural 3. a. one that moves swiftly b. a fast sailing ship; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• xebec — noun Etymology: modification of French chebec, from Arabic shabbāk Date: 1756 a usually 3 masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• xebec — [zē′bek] n. [altered (infl. by Sp form) < earlier chebec < Fr chébec < It sciabecco, prob. via Sp xabeque (now jabeque) < Ar shabbāk, a small warship] a small, three masted ship having an overhanging bow and stern and both square and… …   English World dictionary

• knee of head — an arrangement of timbers outside the stem and below the bowsprit that forms an overhanging bow in a wooden ship …   Useful english dictionary

• military technology — Introduction       range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …   Universalium

• History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …   Wikipedia

• overhang — verb (overhung, overhanging) –verb (t) /oʊvəˈhæŋ / (say ohvuh hang) 1. to hang or be suspended over. 2. to extend, project, or jut over: a dark sky overhangs the earth. 3. to impend over, or threaten, as danger or evil: the sadness which overhung …