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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLANK-SHEER

Plancher, from Old French planchier, from planche plank, from Latin planca; spelling influenced by plank1, sheer1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLANK-SHEER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLANK-SHEER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plank-Sheer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLANK-SHEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plank-sheer in the English dictionary

The definition of plank-sheer in the dictionary is a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLANK-SHEER

planimeter
planimetric
planimetrical
planimetrically
planimetry
planish
planisher
planisphere
planispheric
plank
planking
plankter
plankton
planktonic
planless
planlessly
planlessness
planned
planned economy
planned obsolescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLANK-SHEER

acting career
beer
Bronx cheer
career
cheer
deer
encheer
engineer
Greer
leer
Mynheer
peer
pioneer
sheer
software engineer
steer
tabasheer
upcheer
veer
volunteer

Synonyms and antonyms of plank-sheer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plank-sheer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLANK-SHEER

Find out the translation of plank-sheer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plank-sheer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plank-sheer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木板,纯粹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tablón - pura
570 millions of speakers

English

plank-sheer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तख़्त सरासर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

لوح - محض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

планка - чистой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prancha - pura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তক্তা-নিছক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

planche - pure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plank-sheer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brett - schieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厚板、薄手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

판자 깎아 지른듯한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plank-sheer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ván - tuyệt đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளாங்-வெளிப்படையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahta-sırf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plank - pura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deska - sama
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

планка -чистої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scândură , pur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σανίδα - καθαρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plank - pure
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

planka - språnget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

planke - sheer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plank-sheer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANK-SHEER»

The term «plank-sheer» is used very little and occupies the 157.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANK-SHEER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plank-sheer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLANK-SHEER»

Discover the use of plank-sheer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plank-sheer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary ...
... and draw a curve at that height, parallel to the top timber-line, from aft tothe fore end of the round-house ; then draw another line, 2J inches, parallel above it, and that will represent the plank sheer as far as the round-house. Then, in order to ...
William Nicholson, 1821
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Popular Science
With the plank removed, add to the carline line one half the width of the carline so the edge of the plank-sheer will come in the center of the carline. It will be necessary to butt the plank- sheer abaft frame No. 4 and continue out to the transom ...
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The British encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of arts and ...
... the top timber line, from aft to the fore end of the round-house ; then draw another line, 2J inches, parallel above it, and that will represent the plank sheer as far as the round house. Then, in order to lower the top side m a handsome manner, ...
William Nicholson, 1818
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Treatise on marine and naval architecture; or, Theory and ...
Commonly a ship of 1000 tons would receive a rail of 5 inches in thickness ; the plank sheer the same ; but we would make the plank sheer thicker than the rail, for two reasons : first, there is less flare on the bow at the plank sheer than at the  ...
John Willis Griffiths, 1854
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Treatise on marine and naval architecture or, Theory and ...
Commonly a ship of 1000 tons would receive a rail of 5 inches in thickness; the plank sheer the same; but we would make the plank sheer thicker than the rail, for two reasons: first, there is less flare 0n the bow at the plank sheer than at the rail; ...
J.W. Griffiths
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences
Set up above the top timber line 6 feet 6 inches, and draw a curve at that height, parallel to the top timber line, from aft to the fore end of the round-house; then draw another line, i'j inches, parallel above it, and that will represent the plank sheer ...
William Nicholson, 1809
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
.The round-house deck being drawn, draw a line parallel to the top timber-line, and another line three inches above it, which is of thethickriess of the plank-sheer , corresponding with' the fore part of the round-house, so as to make both ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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A treatise on marine architecture: containing the theory and ...
proceeding to fit the gunwale or plank-sheer. When the vessel is to be strongly bound, an oak plank, about 3-4ths of an inch thicker than the deck, is laid next to the water-way (the beams being natched to receive the additional thickness of the ...
‎1830
9
American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, ...
7 00 U deck lank, - - - - - _ _ _ 3 aist amid ip, _ - - - - - - _ _ 3 Plank-sheer or covering board, - ~ - - - . _ 4; To top of plank-sheer, - - _ - - 31 09 Height amidships of lower edge of the wale, - - - - - _ 17 11 Six strakes of wales, ten inches wide, are, ...
‎1834
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The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel].
In frigates and smaller ships it is fayed upon the plank- sheer, abreast of the mizen-mast. The block for the main-brace and studding sail sheet is fixed on the plank sheer close aft. The blocks for the main and fore lifts are levelheaded, and are ...
David Steel, 1805

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Plank-Sheer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/plank-sheer>. May 2024 ».
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