sheer2 v OED ~ v3 (1711 quot). In building a boat or vessel, to give the craft the correct curvature, or sheer, from bow to stern as measured in the side elevation.
T 43/8-64 Then you'd get what you call your gunnels put on, an' you sheer her... Sheerin' her meant that there was so much rise to give her forrards to bring her into proportion, and so much rise to give her aft down the counter, an' you'd bring that along suent on the timbers an' make sure that you had it equally alike on both sides. P 241-68 After the boat is timbered it is planked up from the garbits to the top plank. Now the boat is sheered.
