bulkhead
Noun
Meaning
A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
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It features a whip antenna, with a bulkhead screw fixture and U.FL connector to attach to the socket on the module.
And when I was on the plane, in the bulkhead seat so I could prop up my swollen foot on the little wall before me, the man next to me asked about my ankle.
Green 1970, p. 65. It was built using glued and nailed wooden parts with an armour-plated bulkhead and bulletproof glass windshield at the front of the cockpit.
In January 2011, Lockheed Martin reported that a solution had been found for the cracking of an aluminum bulkhead during ground testing of the F-35B.
Removing the inter-tank bulkhead to improve hydrogen storage would likely lighten this somewhat, perhaps to 10,500 kg for the tankage alone.
Lloyd, whose bulkhead is being updated, estimated that she has spent about $14,000 out of pocket for bulkhead upkeep during her 32-plus years of living in Ocean Pines.