Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpins
Literary usage of Harpins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"Where the vessel is bluff at the ends, and it would be difficult to bend the
ribband to the form of the frames, harpins made of angle bar are turned to the ..."
2. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"With the harpins in place, forming a cradle in which the half frame or cant may
rest, the fitting of the heels of these frames remains as the only ..."
3. Directions for Laying Off Ships on the Mouldloft Floor: With Some by John Fincham (1840)
"To obtain the form of those timbers that are not laid off on the mould-loft floor,
the whole of the harpins are trimmed and fixed in their places as usual, ..."
4. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"harpins are somewhat similar to ribands, and are put on temporarily to keep the
frames in place as they are raised; hence the expression "leanor full in the ..."
5. Sailors' Language: A Collection of Sea-terms and Their Definitions by William Clark Russell (1883)
"... blowing from the north-east. Harness cask.—A kind of cask on deck, in which
the salt meat is kept for the immediate use of the men. harpins. ..."
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