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half-breadth plan
[ haf-bredth, -bretth, -breth, hahf- ]
noun
, Naval Architecture.
- a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines.
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By laying the cucumber on its side and cutting it lengthwise, you will have a notion of the half-breadth plan.
From Project Gutenberg
A narrow plank made to a line formed on the half-breadth plan, by taking the intersections of the diagonal line with the timbers.
From Project Gutenberg
There are three of them,—the sheer plan, the half-breadth plan, and the body plan.
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