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

Cut-water

Sea Terms

The foremost part of the stern that divides the water when the vessel is sailing.

Fore-body of a wooden vessel — cut-water, figure-head, apron, stem and gripe
Fore-body of a wooden vessel — cut-water, figure-head, apron, stem and gripe
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