plank-sheer

noun

nautical a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel

C14 plancher, from Old French planchier, from planche plank, from Latin planca; spelling influenced by plank ¹, sheer ¹

Her plank-sheer amidships was awash, and the water rolling in a green body from starboard to port and back again.

The plank sheer was ripped off the vessel from aft to amidships, as neatly as if it had been done by the carpenters.

As Spike uttered this order, his foot was on the plank-sheer of the bulwarks, in the act of passing to the wharf again.

As for Spike, he sat down on the plank-sheer where he had stood, and remained there ruminating intently for two or three minutes.

Such are the wales, the plank-sheer, the garboard-strakes, and the like.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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