Sheer strake the uppermost strake of the side planking of a vessel. (OED) 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
     Spirketting the planks running between the waterways and the sills of the ports. 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     Water-way gutter along the side of the deck, forming a channel for water to run off. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     planked floor running the length of the ship. 
     
    
   
   
    
     INTERNAL PLANKING 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Ceiling the internal planking of a ship. 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     Limber strake the strake adjacent to the keelson. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Bilge strakes planks used either outside or inside the bilges to re—inforce them. 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Shelf pieces stout fore-and—aft timbers fastened to the inside of a vessel’s frames as a support for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     deck beams. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Clamps thick horizontal planks supporting the ends of the beams, running close under each deck 
     
    
   
   
    
     along the ship’s side from stem to stem 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
             
     
    
   
   
    
     Breast-hooks thick curved pieces of timber, or horizontal knees, bolted across the inside of the stem, 
     
    
   
   
    
     strengthening the fore part of the ship and holding the bow and sides together. 
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Crutches 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     crooked timbers fitted horizontally in a vessel at the after-end, and bolted to the stern post 
     
     and the vessel’s sides to give additional strength to the connection of these parts. They 
     
     correspond to the breast-hooks at the fore-end. (OED) 
     
    
   
   
    
     timbers fixed diagonally across the hold to support the beams. (OED) 
     
     Treenails cylindrical pins of hard wood used in fastening timbers together. (OED) 
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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