chainwale

Czech translation: kobylice

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English term or phrase:chainwale
Czech translation:kobylice
Entered by: Pavel Prudký

14:50 Dec 16, 2022
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / boats
English term or phrase: chainwale
Něco z loďařské terminologie, definice: a wooden strip or plank mounted horizontally on the side of a sailing ship, abreast of a mast, to which the shrouds are attached. From: chain-wale in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Pavel Prudký
kobylice
Explanation:
slovník

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kobylice


Explanation:
slovník

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Channel (part)

According to Wikipedia’s Glossary of nautical terms a channel and a chain-wale are the same. A broad, thick plank that projects horizontally from each of a ship's sides abreast a mast, distinguished as the fore, main, or mizzen channel accordingly, serving to extend the base for the shrouds, which supports the mast.

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https://www.quora.com/In-English-the-only-word-for-the-gunwa...

The bulwark, chainwale or gunwale depending on the type of ship

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https://www.mantuamodel.co.uk/products/ship-fittings/deadeye...

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this picture may help you identify what they look like:

https://forum.deagostini.co.uk/default.aspx?g=posts&m=37719

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Nelson's flagship
Maritime Quest ·
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platforms, known at one time as chain-wales, because they were fettered to the planking of the sides, were referred to in brief as chains.

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