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helm port

helm port noun: a hole through the counter of a ship, through which the rudderstock passes.

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
    • The 16th-century fluyts underwent yet another change: the cove, which we can see on Brueghel's engraving, and which had a helm port in it, through which the tiller entered the ship, disappeared.1968, Hans Jürgen Hansen, Art and the Seafarer, page 32

Forms of helm port

pluralhelm ports
alternative formhelm-port

Questions about helm port

What does helm port mean?
Helm port means a hole through the counter of a ship, through which the rudderstock passes.
What part of speech is helm port?
Helm port is a noun.
What is the plural of helm port?
The plural of helm port is helm ports.

Words near helm port in the dictionary

  1. Hellyers
  2. hellzapoppin
  3. hellzapoppin'
  4. helm
  5. Helm Bar
  6. helm port
  7. helm ports
  8. Helm Wind
  9. helm-port
  10. helm-ports
  11. helmage

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