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hull splash

hull splash verb: to reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.

Verb

hull splash (third-person singular simple present hull splashes, present participle hull splashing, simple past and past participle hull splashed)

  1. To reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
    • Repair parts coverage may block protection sought by boat builders By Jim Flannery Staff Writer Boatbuilders are looking to federal design protection legislation as their best hope for deterring hull splashing, following laut year's Supreme Court ruling against state anti-splash laws.1991, United States Congress: House Committee on the Judiciary, Industrial design protection: hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice
    • During hearings to ban hull splashing, or the copying of hulls, Representative Howard Coble of North Carolina suggested that all hulls be registered with the Copyright office.1998 March, Charles Barthold, “The Hull Truth”, in Yachting, volume 183, number 3, page 10

Noun

hull splash (plural hull splashes)

  1. The wave produced by the hull of a boat hitting the water.
    • A quick look at the underwater profile reveals a deep forefoot and fine entry at the bow that virtually eliminates pounding and helps to reduce hull splash noise.1995, Lakeland Boating - Volume 49, page 46
    • For other hull shapes than Wigley, the hull splash itself may overturn and merge with a breaking wave.1997, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, →ISBN...

Forms of hull splash

Verb
third-person singular presenthull splashes
present participlehull splashing
past participlehull splashed
pasthull splashed
Noun
pluralhull splashes

Questions about hull splash

What does hull splash mean?
Hull splash means to reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
What part of speech is hull splash?
Hull splash can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of hull splash?
The past tense of hull splash is hull splashed.

Words near hull splash in the dictionary

  1. hull breaches
  2. hull loss
  3. hull operator
  4. hull speed
  5. hull speeds
  6. hull splash
  7. hull splashed
  8. hull splashes
  9. hull splashing
  10. hull work
  11. hull-down

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