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

Laying Down a Vessel

Sea Terms

To delineate the different parts of a vessel upon the mold-loft floor. When the lines of a vessel are chalked out on the floor from the draft the builder is said to lay down the lines of the ship.

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