horn timber

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horn timber (plural horn timbers)

  1. (nautical) A timber that angles up from the sternpost to support the overhang of the stern. A single vessel may have multiple horn timbers.
    • 1986, Jonathan Watson, Janet, the restoration of a Victorian yacht, page 28:
      The truncated horn timbers had been led through the transom (exposing end grain to the elements incidentally) and firmly fastened to it.
    • 1993, Robert Steward, Boatbuilding Manual, →ISBN, page 147:
      The rabbet for the comparatively horizontal horn timber is taken from the sections in the body plan.
    • 2013, Nick Miller, The Lancashire Nobby, →ISBN, page 96:
      The archboard assembly can now be erected, springing aft from the after most frame, and supported by the horn timber.
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