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Definition of Freeboards
1. freeboard [n] - See also: freeboard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freeboards
Literary usage of Freeboards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1914)
"T% of the length of the vessel, deduct 24 per cent of the difference between the
freeboards in Tables A (after correction for sheer and length) and Tables С ..."
2. International Shipping & Shipbuilding Directory by Shipping world & shipbuilder (1890)
"The same may be said with reference to the freeboards assigned to vessels of ...
The Board of Trade distinction between winter and summer freeboards has ..."
3. Maritime Notes and Queries: A Record of Shipping Law and Usage (1898)
"Hard wood ships classed jE in Lloyd's are to have their freeboards by the tables
increased I5 per cent. Hard wood ships without class are to have their ..."
4. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"For each depth eight freeboards are tabulated suitable for eight different ...
The freeboards are greater for the higher coefficients because the hull, ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1879)
"Particulars of deck-plan, under- deck tonnage, and dimensions are given to afford
an idea of the vessel, and columns are added showing the freeboards with ..."
6. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1892)
"Softwood ships classed A (red) in Lloyds are to have their freeboards, by the
tables, ... There is also a distinction between summer and winter freeboards, ..."
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