horn timber

noun

A timber that angles up from the sternpost to support the overhang of the stern. A single vessel may have multiple horn timbers.

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Meanings

nounhorn timber (plural horn timbers)

plural horn timbers

  1. nauticalA timber that angles up from the sternpost to support the overhang of the stern. A single vessel may have multiple horn timbers.

    The rabbet for the comparatively horizontal horn timber is taken from the sections in the body plan.

    1993, Robert Steward, Boatbuilding Manual, →ISBN, page 147
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    The truncated horn timbers had been led through the transom (exposing end grain to the elements incidentally) and firmly fastened to it.

    1986, Jonathan Watson, Janet, the restoration of a Victorian yacht, page 28

    The archboard assembly can now be erected, springing aft from the after most frame, and supported by the horn timber.

    2013, Nick Miller, The Lancashire Nobby, →ISBN, page 96
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