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SHELL PLATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shell plating mean?
• SHELL PLATING (noun)
The noun SHELL PLATING has 1 sense:
1. the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
Familiarity information: SHELL PLATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shell plating" is a kind of...):
plate; scale; shell (a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners))
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