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cutwater [′kət‚wȯd·ər] (civil engineering) A sharp-edged structure built around a bridge pier to protect it from the flow of water and material carried by the water. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The sun was getting up, and mortal white he looked about the cutwater. Where did’ee ever fall in with a regular built vessel, with starn-post and cutwater, gar board-streak and plank- shear, gangways, and hatchways, and waterways, quarter-deck, and forecastle, ay, and flush-deck? |
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