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

Cheeks

Shipbuilding

Knees of oak timber which support the knee of the head, and which they also ornament by their shape and mouldings. They form the basis of the head and connect the whole to the bows, through which, and the knee, they are bolted.

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