Meaning of BULKHEAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'bulk`hed
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| | Definition: | | [n] a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments |
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| | See Also: | | divider, partition, ship | |
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| | Definition: | | \Bulk"head`\, n. [See {Bulk} part of a building.]
1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on
the same deck.
2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of
earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a
mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
{Bulked line}, a line beyond which a wharf must not project;
-- usually, the harbor line.
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| | Related Terms: | | anchorage, anchorage ground, arch dam, archway, back door, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, barway, basin, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brattice, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, buffer state, bulwark, bumper, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, cloison, cofferdam, collision mat, cushion, dam, defense, diaphragm, dike, dissepiment, ditch, dividing line, dividing wall, division, dock, dockage, dockyard, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, dry dock, earthwork, embankment, fence, fender, French door, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, gravity dam, groin, harbor, harborage, hatch, hatchway, haven, hydraulic-fill dam, interseptum, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, lintel, logjam, marina, mat, midriff, midsection, milldam, moat, mole, moorings, mound, pad, panel, parapet, paries, partition, party wall, pier, porch, port, portal, portcullis, porte cochere, postern, property line, propylaeum, protected anchorage, pylon, quay, rampart, road, roadblock, roads, roadstead, rock-fill dam, scuttle, seaport, seawall, separation, septulum, septum, shipyard, shock pad, shutter dam, side door, slip, stile, stone wall, storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike, turnstile, wall, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work |
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