The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Bell-top

Shipbuilding

A term applied to the top of a quarter galley when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like a rim, to give more height, as in the quarter galleries of small vessels, and the stool of the upper finishing comes home to the side, to complete overhead.

Bend-mould, in whole moulding. A mould made to form the futtocks in the square body, assisted by the rising-square, and floor-hollow.

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