Apostle (shipbuilding)
In shipbuilding, apostle refers to bentwoods or bow sections of historic wooden sailing ships .
These bow pieces or bentwoods are the frames that are close to one another in the bow and are located on both sides of the fore steved .
Some sources see the term closely linked to Dutch ships ( Dutch : apostelen ), while others also associate it with Italian ( Italian : apostoli ) and French ( French : apostres or apôtres ) ships.
Notes / evidence
- ↑ after Schweizer
- ↑ after Meyer
- ↑ after Bobrick
- ↑ Schweizer, Pierer
- ↑ after Bobrick
- ↑ to Saggau
- ↑ after Fincham
Literature / sources
- Johann Conrad Schweizer: Dictionary for explaining foreign words and idioms taken from other languages into German (...), p. 64, Zurich, 1811
- Heinrich August Pierer: Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past, 2nd edition, p. 230, Altenburg, 1840
- Meyer´s conversation lexicon for the educated classes, 3rd volume, p. 454, Hildburghausen, 1842,
- Eduard Bobrik: General nautical dictionary with explanations, p. 58,
- Heinrich Saggau: The names of the ship parts and ship equipment in New French, 1905
- John Fincham: An Introductory Outline of the Practice of Ship-building, Wiliam Woodward, Portsmouth, 1825