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MOULD
MOULD, (devers, Fr.) a thin flexible piece of timber, used by shipwrights, as a pattern whereby to form the different curves of the timbers, and other compassing pieces, in a ship's frame. There are two sorts of these, namely, the bend-mould and hollow-mould: the former of these determines the convexity of the timbers, and the latter, their concavity on the outside, where they approach the keel, particularly towards the extremities of the vessel. The figure, given to the timbers by this pattern, is called their bevelling. See that article.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 202, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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