SHEER PLAN


Meaning of SHEER PLAN in English

Naval Archit.

a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc. Also called profile plan . Cf. body plan, half-breadth plan .

[ 1790-1800 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .