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sheer plan

noun

, Naval Architecture.
  1. a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheer plan1

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

A vertical and longitudinal view of a vessel, synonymous with sheer-draught and sheer-plan.

There are three of them,—the sheer plan, the half-breadth plan, and the body plan.

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