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−	'''Steffy''': A transverse [[timber]], or line or assembly of timbers, that described the body shape of a vessel and to which the [[plank \| planking]] and [[ceiling]] were fastened. Frames were sometimes called [[timber \| timbers]] or, erroneously, ribs (see [[Rib]]). Ancient ships often had frames composed of lines of unconnected timbers; later ships usually had compound frames composed of [[floor timber \| floor timbers]], [[~~uttock~~ \| futtocks]], and [[top timber \| top timbers]]. Square frames were those set perpendicular to the [[keel]]; in the [[bow]] and [[stern]] there were [[cant frames]], running obliquely to the keel. Forward of the [[cant frames]] and [[fay \| fayed]] to them, in large round-bowed vessels, were the frames running parallel to the [[keel]] and the [[stem]], sometimes called [[knuckle timber \| knuckle timbers]]; more accurately, these were the [[hawse piece \| hawse pieces]] and [[knighthead \| knightheads]], the latter being the frames adjacent to the [[apron]] or [[stemson]] that extended above the [[deck]] to form [[bitt \| bitts]] and support the [[bowsprit]]. The aftermost frames were the [[fashion piece \| fashion pieces]], which shaped the [[stern]].	+	'''Steffy''': A transverse [[timber]], or line or assembly of timbers, that described the body shape of a vessel and to which the [[plank \| planking]] and [[ceiling]] were fastened. Frames were sometimes called [[timber \| timbers]] or, erroneously, ribs (see [[Rib]]). Ancient ships often had frames composed of lines of unconnected timbers; later ships usually had compound frames composed of [[floor timber \| floor timbers]], [[futtock \| futtocks]], and [[top timber \| top timbers]]. Square frames were those set perpendicular to the [[keel]]; in the [[bow]] and [[stern]] there were [[cant frame \| cant frames]], running obliquely to the keel. Forward of the [[cant frames]] and [[fay \| fayed]] to them, in large round-bowed vessels, were the frames running parallel to the [[keel]] and the [[stem]], sometimes called [[knuckle timber \| knuckle timbers]]; more accurately, these were the [[hawse piece \| hawse pieces]] and [[knighthead \| knightheads]], the latter being the frames adjacent to the [[apron]] or [[stemson]] that extended above the [[deck]] to form [[bitt \| bitts]] and support the [[bowsprit]]. The aftermost frames were the [[fashion piece \| fashion pieces]], which shaped the [[stern]].

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'''Steffy''': A transverse [[timber]], or line or assembly of timbers, that described the body shape of a vessel and to which the [[plank | planking]] and [[ceiling]] were fastened. Frames were sometimes called [[timber | timbers]] or, erroneously, ribs (see [[Rib]]). Ancient ships often had frames composed of lines of unconnected timbers; later ships usually had compound frames composed of [[floor timber | floor timbers]], [[uttock | futtocks]], and [[top timber | top timbers]]. Square frames were those set perpendicular to the [[keel]]; in the [[bow]] and [[stern]] there were [[cant frames]], running obliquely to the keel. Forward of the [[cant frames]] and [[fay | fayed]] to them, in large round-bowed vessels, were the frames running parallel to the [[keel]] and the [[stem]], sometimes called [[knuckle timber | knuckle timbers]]; more accurately, these were the [[hawse piece | hawse pieces]] and [[knighthead | knightheads]], the latter being the frames adjacent to the [[apron]] or [[stemson]] that extended above the [[deck]] to form [[bitt | bitts]] and support the [[bowsprit]]. The aftermost frames were the [[fashion piece | fashion pieces]], which shaped the [[stern]].

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Ryanlee at 06:50, 7 November 2010

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