Glossary
BEAM- maximum width.
BOAT NAlLS- square
copper nails.
BREAST-HOOK- grown
oak bracket fixing gunwales to stem.
CAULK- to make a
watertight seal between each member.
CLINKER- overlapping
planks or strakes.
DRIFTER - boat equipped
for drift-net fishing.
DUMP- galvanised spike.
FORE AND AFT- extreme
ends. or lying in that direction.
FOUR ERN- four oared
boat.
FRAME - individual
transverse rib sections.
FREEBOARD- distance
from waterline to gunwale
GARBOARD - lowest
strake. next to keel
GROWN-OAK - grain
of wood follows required shape.
GUNWALE -strengthening
to uppermost strake.
HOOD END -end of
strake rebated into stem.
KEEL -main structural
member backbone.
KNEE -bracketofgrownoak.
LAND-section of strake
at each overlap.
LENGTH- overall length
stem to stern.
LINER- boat equipped
for long line fishing.
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