hull splash

English

Verb

hull splash (third-person singular simple present hull splashes, present participle hull splashing, simple past and past participle hull splashed)

1. (nautical) To reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
   • 1991, United States Congress: House Committee on the Judiciary, Industrial design protection: hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice:

     Repair parts coverage may block protection sought by boat builders By Jim Flannery Staff Writer Boatbuilders are looking to federal design protection legislation as their best hope for deterring hull splashing, following laut year's Supreme Court ruling against state anti-splash laws.

   • 1998 March, Charles Barthold, “The Hull Truth”, in Yachting, volume 183, number 3, page 10:

     During hearings to ban hull splashing, or the copying of hulls, Representative Howard Coble of North Carolina suggested that all hulls be registered with the Copyright office.

   • 2005 December 8, Chuck Gould, “"Hull Splashing" Boat Builders - Beware”, in rec.boats (Usenet):

     I wouldn't defend hull splashing, put there are probably hundreds of cases where one boat manufacturer develops a design that is "inspired" by, (rather than physically molded from), a competitor's boat, and moving too agressively^[sic] into that arena begins to tread in the "pointy on one end, blunt on the other" copyright claims.

   • 2006 January, “No More Splashing!”, in Tunnel Boat Performance News:

     The legislation would make it harder to hull splash, and it would make it easier for companies to register their designs with the government.

Noun

hull splash (plural hull splashes)

1. The wave produced by the hull of a boat hitting the water.
   • 1995, Lakeland Boating - Volume 49, page 46:

     A quick look at the underwater profile reveals a deep forefoot and fine entry at the bow that virtually eliminates pounding and helps to reduce hull splash noise.

   • 1997, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, →ISBN, page 666:

     For other hull shapes than Wigley, the hull splash itself may overturn and merge with a breaking wave.