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davit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | crane |
Examples of davit
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Davit Karapetyan, her Albrecht, is no matinee idol, but he is both attentive and ardent.
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Davit Vasilyan of the Terrestrial Palaeoclimatology working group.
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It was stored in a carrier and mated using a hand-pumped davit after the launcher was emplaced.
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The RHI can be easily deployed from a cutter with a four-point bridle for davit lifting and lowering.
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Davit Bezhuashvili, is a founding member of the group.
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Davit Bakradze, who headed the ruling National Movement's party list in the 2008 parliamentary elections, was elected Speaker of the 2008 parliament.
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- A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
- A davit is any of various cranelike devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering boats, anchors, etc.
- (DAVITS) Cranes used to lower and hold lifeboats.
- (DAVITS) Pieces of timber or iron, with sheaves or blocks at their ends, projecting over a vessel's sides or stern, to hoist boats up to. Also, a spar with a roller or sheave at its end, used for fishing the anchor, called a fish-davit.
- (Davits) A pair of cranes used for hoisting and lowering a ship's boats. The word came into use in the early 17th century and at that time was spelled "davids," possibly a reference to their unknown Inventor.
- (Davits) A pair of small cranes that are used to lift the dinghy and suspend it over the water when the boat is underway in order to create less drag and get better performance out of the boat.
- (Davits) Heavy vertical pillars, of which the upper ends curve, used to support the ends of a boat when hoising or lowering.
- (Davits) These devices for hoisting boats were named for their inventor, a Welshman named David, and given the Welsh pronunciation of that word, vis., Davit.
- (Davits) wooden or metal arms used to hoist and secure the small boats of a ship.
