corbatons
English translation: Knees
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| Catalan to English translations [PRO] Ships, Sailing, Maritime / parts of a traditional Catalan 'llaut' | |||||||
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Knee Explanation: Hiya Lisa. This is a piece that fastens the beams (on which the deck planking is laid) to the side timbers or frames. It's a solid bracket. Is there an illustration? Depending on where it is it may be a stem knee, which joins the keel to the stem -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2022-01-31 12:09:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You might this of some use. There are a few diagrams and drawings. On page 58 is the piece you're asking about, here clearly shown as a standard knee -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2022-01-31 12:09:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Uups. Now with link https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2117/328647/14676... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2022-01-31 13:24:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I'd just call it a knee. It's just a bracket of which there are several kinds and shapes -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2022-01-31 16:37:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Certainly knees. No doubt Example sentence(s):
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| Reference Reference information: curvatón - Definición: Cada una de las piezas curvas con que se liga y fortalece la proa de la embarcación. (DRAE, s.v. buzarda). - https://dicter.usal.es/lema/curvatón |
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| Reference: corbató Reference information: https://www.avl.gva.es/documents/31987/65425/Vocabulari_naut... llaüt m. 1. Embarcació menuda d’ar- queig variable aparellada amb vela llatina, per a la pesca i el cabotatge. 2. Embarcació oberta, amb un pont menut a proa i un altre a popa, moguda amb rems i vela, que s’uti- litza per al transport de càrrega. • cast. laúd. corbató m. 1. Peça de fusta que reforça la cinta per la part de proa. 2. Unió dels bancs d’una embarcació. • cast. corvato. |
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| Reference Reference information: lodging knee = escuadra de fijación, curvatón https://diccionario-nautico.com.ar/diccionario-nautico-espan... cheek-knees Pieces of compass-timber on the ship's bows, for the security of the beak-head, or knee of the head, whence the term head-knee. Two pieces of timber fitted on each side of a mast, from beneath the hounds and its uppermost end. Also, the circular pieces on the aft-side of the carrick-bitts. https://www.definitions.net/definition/cheek-knees Cheek [Cheek knee] (Fig. G-3). On later vessels, a knee or brace between the side of the bow and the knee of the head; on ancient warships, a protuberance at the side of the stem against which the side planking was stopped. https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/978019... Cheek [Cheek knee] (Fig. G-3). On later vessels, a knee or brace between the side of the bow and the knee of the head; on ancient warships, a protuberance at the side of the stem against which the side planking was stopped. https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/978019... https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/doc/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199... |
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