half'-breadth' plan"
Pronunciation: (haf'bredth', -bretth', -breth', häf'-), [key]
— Naval Archit. Naval Archit.
- a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines. Cf. body plan, sheer plan.
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