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Definition of Shallow-draught
1. Adjective. Of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline. "A shallow-draft river boat"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shallow-draught
Literary usage of Shallow-draught
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Naval Architecture: For the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1882)
"At the same time, there is considerable range for the exercise of ingenuity in
securing the lightness of construction demanded by the shallow draught. ..."
2. A Memoir of John Elder, Engineer and Ship-builder by William John Macquorn Rankine (1871)
"Between 1861 and 1864, a demand arose for a class of cargo steamers of very
shallow draught, capable of running at a very high speed, not for a great length ..."
3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1909)
"18 shows two shallow-draught gunboats propelled -by internal-combustion engines
built by Messrs. Yarrow & Co., Ltd., for the Austrian Government for service ..."
4. Transactions of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (1892)
"The shipowner would certainly gain a little in saving lighterage by having shallow
draught, but the steaming economy of the ship at sea would be ruined. ..."
5. A Memoir of John Elder: Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow by William John Macquorn Rankine (1883)
"... and of such cases the following is an example:— Between 1861 and 1864, a demand
arose for a class of cargo steamers of very shallow draught, ..."
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