horn timber
English edit
Noun edit
horn timber (plural horn timbers)
- (nautical) A timber that angles up from the sternpost to support the overhang of the stern. A single vessel may have multiple horn timbers.
- 1986, Jonathan Watson, Janet, the restoration of a Victorian yacht, page 28:
- The truncated horn timbers had been led through the transom (exposing end grain to the elements incidentally) and firmly fastened to it.
- 1993, Robert Steward, Boatbuilding Manual, →ISBN, page 147:
- The rabbet for the comparatively horizontal horn timber is taken from the sections in the body plan.
- 2013, Nick Miller, The Lancashire Nobby, →ISBN, page 96:
- The archboard assembly can now be erected, springing aft from the after most frame, and supported by the horn timber.