Gillung

A Gillung (also Gilling , from Eng. Gill , gill, area under the chin) is generally a bulge in an object in shipbuilding .

The Gillung of a ship refers to the lower part of the aft ship from the waterline to the rear , which is curved inward. The gill frames are located there .

The gill of a sail is the curvature in its cut.

See also

• Throat

literature

• Lueger: Lexicon of all technology . 1904-1920; Zeno.org
• Sails . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, pp.  281–282 .
• Gilling. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 7 : Ordinary – Glaive - (IV, 1st section, part 4). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1949 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
• James Gilchrist: The Etymologic Interpreter . 1824; Text archive - Internet Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James Gilchrist: The Etymologic Interpreter . 1824; Text archive - Internet Archive