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bilge
[ bilj ]
noun
- Nautical.
- either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
- Also bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
- Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
- Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- Slang. bilge water ( def 2 ).
- the widest circumference or belly of a cask.
verb (used without object)
- Nautical.
- to leak in the bilge.
- (of white paint) to turn yellow.
- to bulge or swell out.
verb (used with object)
- Nautical. to damage (a hull bottom) so as to create an entry for seawater.
bilge
/ ²úɪ±ô»åÏô /
noun
- nautical the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom
- often plural the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom
- Also calledbilge water the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge
- informal.silly rubbish; nonsense
- the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask
verb
- intr nautical (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge
- tr nautical to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú¾±±ô²µ²â, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bilge1
Example Sentences
Donald Trump has turned the shining light on the hill into a scorched dung heap by the roadside; a shallow money trench filled with all manner of bilge.
The ship is built in sections, then joined together on the slipway, supported by keel blocks, bilge blocks, wedges and "shores" - heavy lengths of timber.
If Trump could ever credibly deny that he was not fomenting violence by his bilge, he lost that excuse on Jan. 6, 2021.
Chief Engineer Roberto Cayabyab Penaflor admitted to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships for knowingly discharging untreated oily bilge water directly from the tanker into the sea, federal prosecutors said.
Fadich worked the bilge pumps till he was “blue in the face†just to keep the vessel above water.
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