BULKHEAD

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

2.
n.

A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.


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