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bend n OED ~ sb4 6 naut (1626-1803) for sense 1; cp
sb2 1 obs 'thin flat strip adapted to bind round' for sense 2.
1 A heavy timber forming one of the principal ribs of a boat
or vessel.
1913 Nfld Qtly July, p. 30 The following year he
arrived in port with his ship leaking, pumps kept going, and five 'ben' of timbers broke
in, having 500 old harps and bedlamers. T 178/9-65 Sometimes we wouldn't batten out [the
boat], we'd only have three bends-fore hook, midship bend and after hook. P 13-77 ~ The
very curved frames or timbers in the midships or body of a boat. Midship bend, for
example.
2 A thin, flat strip of wood used to keep timbers
in position when building a boat (Q 67-78).
3 A wooden
strip, about 2 in. (5 cm) wide, extending from stem to stern of a boat between
the binding strake and the gunwale (P 127-75).
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