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helm ports

helm ports is the plural 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

Questions about helm ports

What is helm ports the plural of?
Helm ports is the plural of helm port.

Words near helm ports in the dictionary

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

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