bilge

Example Sentences

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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.

From BBC

The bilge water was not processed through required pollution prevention equipment, and the illegal discharges were not recorded in the vessel’s oil record book, as required by law, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times

Fadich worked the bilge pumps till he was “blue in the face” just to keep the vessel above water.

From Seattle Times

Before long, water filled the base of the boat, the bilge pump grinding in a constant whir as it tried to keep up.

From New York Times

“I’m just thrown away here — a nobody,” the sailor who was assigned to clean the bilge said in an interview.

From New York Times