sheer
121sheer legs — plural noun [treated as sing.] a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the bottom, used for lifting heavy objects …
122sheer strake — The course of shell plating at strength deck level …
123sheer hook — noun Etymology: Middle English sherhok, from sheren to shear + hok hook : an arrangement of heavy hooks usually on a pole and with the inner surfaces sharpened formerly used to seize and cut an enemy ship s rigging …
124sheer leg — noun : one of two spars secured together at the head to form shears …
125sheer plan — noun : a drawing of the profile or side elevation of a ship s form * * * Naval Archit. a diagrammatic fore and aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc. Also… …
126sheer strake — noun : the upper strake of shell plating at the main deck in a steel ship or the top line of planking in a wooden ship see ship illustration …
127sheer-point — …
128The Sheer — Infobox musical artist Name = The Sheer Img capt = The Sheer performing in Zwolle (2006). Background = group or band Origin = flagicon|NLD Haarlem, The Netherlands Genre = Pop Rock Melodic Rock Years active = 2000 – present Label = Associated… …
