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Definition of Rudder blade
1. Noun. The vertical blade on a rudder.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rudder Blade
Literary usage of Rudder blade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles Gerard Davis, Thomas William Clarke, Frank Steel Drown (1918)
"... also known as the "after perpendicular" or "AP" RUDDER STOCK—the vertical
shaft attached to the rudder blade, and on which the pintles are bolted. ..."
2. A History of the County of Inverness (Mainland) by James Cameron Lees (1897)
"... made at either side of the semi-cylindric incision in the top block, and
running right through the railing, while through a hole in the rudder blade, ..."
3. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1888)
"361-211b. res. per foot of rudder blade normal to line of ship's motion. 160ft.
rudder area x 361-21 = 57793-6Ш. max. res. blade at max. angle 35° to line ..."
4. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"Briefly, rudder blade a bit scant in area. Deck cleat might hold a dinghy in tow
but not a friend's cruiser in distress. Reiterate, tanks badly located. ..."
5. A Handbook of Practical Shipbuilding by James Douglas MacBride (1921)
"In some designs the " arms " are shaped to take a single rudder blade or plate
and sometimes the rudder has plates on both sides of the arms and is filled ..."
6. Reports of the Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Decided by the Court of by John Crockford (1868)
"... to prevent it from slipping, and then a blow of the sea on the rudder-blade
drove round the shaft, and brought the nut down on the thread. ..."
7. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1902)
"Mr Foster Eing. results would differ from those shown, but there must always be
a tendency towards an actual movement of the outer edge of the rudder blade. ..."
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