- waist sheet
- noun
: a vertical steel plate that secures the waist of a locomotive boiler to the frames of the locomotive allowing at the same time a small amount of expansion and contraction — compare belly brace
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
waist sheet
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Waist — Waist, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS. weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[ae]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.] [1913 Webster] 1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waist anchor — Sheet anchor Sheet an chor [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sce[ o]tan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See {Shoot}, v. t.] 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; called also {waist anchor}. See the Note under {Anchor}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Waist anchor — Waist Waist, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS. weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[ae]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.] [1913 Webster] 1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheet anchor — Sheet an chor [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sce[ o]tan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See {Shoot}, v. t.] 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; called also {waist anchor}. See the Note under {Anchor}. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waist anchor — noun spare anchor for use in emergency • Syn: ↑sheet anchor • Hypernyms: ↑anchor, ↑ground tackle * * * noun : sheet anchor * * * waist anchor noun An anchor s … Useful english dictionary
waist anchor — Anchor An chor ([a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. a gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheet anchor — noun spare anchor for use in emergency • Syn: ↑waist anchor • Hypernyms: ↑anchor, ↑ground tackle * * * ˈsheet anchor noun a person or thing that you can depend on in a difficult situation … Useful english dictionary
sheet anchor — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier shoot anchor, from Middle English shute anker Date: 1626 1. a large strong anchor formerly carried in the waist of a ship and used as a spare in an emergency 2. something that constitutes a main support or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
belly brace — noun : a vertical steel plate that is used to secure a locomotive boiler to a casting that binds together the frames of a locomotive at a point just in front of the firebox compare waist sheet … Useful english dictionary
History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… … Wikipedia
