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helm-port

helm-port is the alternative form of helm port.

Meaning of helm port

Noun

helm port (plural helm ports)

  1. (historical) A hole through the counter of a ship, through which the rudderstock passes.
    • The advantage arising from this form of rudder and mode of hanging it is this, that the hole through the counter or stern of the ship which is called the helm port, is wholly closed up by the head of the rudder passing through it, with almost a close joint, as the line of the centre of the pintles...1897, The Elementary Principles of Naval Architecture, page 273

Forms of helm-port

pluralhelm-ports

Questions about helm-port

What is helm-port the alternative form of?
Helm-port is the alternative form of helm port.

Words near helm-port in the dictionary

  1. helm
  2. Helm Bar
  3. helm port
  4. helm ports
  5. Helm Wind
  6. helm-port
  7. helm-ports
  8. helmage
  9. Helman
  10. Helmand
  11. Helmans

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