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Definition of Cutwater
1. n. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
Definition of Cutwater
1. Noun. (nautical) The forward curve of the stem of a ship ¹
2. Noun. the wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice. ¹
3. Noun. a black skimmer; a sea bird of the species ''Rhynchops niger'', that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutwater
1. the front part of a ship's prow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutwater
Literary usage of Cutwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"It is an extension forwards of the beam at which the planking meets which covers
the two sides of the ship. The cutwater helps to cleave the water in which ..."
2. Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy by John Henry Sherburne (1825)
"Landais only ordered the part of the cutwater that projected on one side of the
stem to be dubbed off. When he parted from me off the west of Ireland and ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... thu plan of tlio cutwater l Í-2 fort able difficulty ; and most ingenious was
the method by which the difficulty was overcome. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Lewis Halsey Sandford (1851)
"cutwater. THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY v. OUTWATER and others. The general
railroad incorporation act of 1850, does not apply to the ..."
5. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"As regards collision it is a useful formation, for as the cutwater is the ...
So great may be the usefulness of a cutwater bow in minimizing the serious ..."
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