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deck beam

noun

  1. nautical a stiffening deck member supported at its extremities by knee connections to frames or bulkheads
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

A log is company, even if it's only a piece of a deck-beam or timber sawn off, and the salt in it makes pretty sparks.

Then a light deck beam is set in amidships, the mast step put in, and the inside of the hull and the bottom of the deck painted.

He lighted a match, and discovered a lantern hanging from a deck-beam.

The lantern still swung from a deck beam, but the water had risen in the cabin so that his descent was prevented.

On my last cruise, drops from a deck-beam fell on my face all night when it rained.

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