compass timber

noun

Naturally curved or crooked pieces of wood, used in shipbuilding for shaping hull frames, ribs, and other curved structural elements.

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nouncompass timber (countable and uncountable, plural compass timbers)

plural compass timbers

  1. countableuncountablenauticalNaturally curved or crooked pieces of wood, used in shipbuilding for shaping hull frames, ribs, and other curved structural elements.
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