Usually means: Structural reinforcement at bow intersection.
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  7. breasthook: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Breasthook: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. breasthook: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. breasthook: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Breasthook: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

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forehook, deck hook, breastfast, breast line, breastband, bitt-heads, stemson, hair bracket, bitts, bedfast, more...

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forehook, deck hook, breastfast, breast line, breastband, bitt-heads, stemson, hair bracket, bitts, bedfast, more...



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