body n Cp OED ~ 8 h; frame sb 11 d. Comb body frame: the part of a boat between the forehook and the afterhook midship bend (P 14965).
   T 43/8-464 What they call the body frame was the width of the fore-hook from the stem. You'd fasten that to the keel. P 127-75 ~ all beds of timber between and including the fore and after hook.

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