Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Boot Top

French translation:

exposant de charge

Added to glossary by FX Fraipont (X)
Apr 30, 2019 09:26
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English term

Boot Top

English to French Tech/Engineering Patents vessel, offshore drilling, fouling, roughness, surface
In another embodiment the external immersed surface, for example of a ship hull, is segmented into areas. Examples of areas include a Boot Top part, a Vertical Side part and a Fiat Bottom part, a Bow part, a Shoulders part, a Stern part, a propeller part or other part of the hull. In a preferred embodiment, the external immersed surface of a ship hull is segmented into areas selected from a Boot Top part, a Vertical Side part and a Fiat Bottom part.

The total roughness value of the hull may be a combination of a total roughness values for each segment of the hull, for example a combination of a total roughness value of the Boot Top part, a total roughness value of the Vertical Side part and a total roughness value of the Fiat Bottom part. The combination may be an addition, wherein the roughness of each segment of the hull is weighted with a factor, for example the Boot Top part is weighted with a Boot Top factor, the roughness of the Vertical Side part is weighted with a Vertical Side factor, and the roughness of the Fiat Bottom part is weighted with a Fiat Bottom factor.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +2 exposant de charge
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May 3, 2019 16:18: FX Fraipont (X) Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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exposant de charge

"boottopping
noun Nautical.
the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
a distinctive band of paint covering this area. "
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/boot--topping

"Déplacement (navire) — Wikipédia
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Déplacement_(navire)
Échelle de tirant d'eau avant sur la coque d'un navire. Le déplacement est une mesure de la masse de liquide déplacée par un navire dans ... L'exposant de charge ((en) Boot topping) est la surface de la coque comprise entre le tirant d'eau navire lège et le tirant d'eau navire à pleine charge. Cette surface est alternativement à l'air et sous l'eau en fonction de l'état du chargement, elle est généralement peinte (peinture antifouling) d'une autre couleur que les œuvres mortes. "

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Note added at 7 hrs (2019-04-30 16:34:59 GMT)
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boottop = boottopping

"boottop
A fine strip of paint around the hull of a yacht which divides the antifouling (see fouling) paint below the waterline from the paint on the topsides. The boottop is usually painted in a colour which contrasts with the colour of the antifouling and the topsides. In the merchant navy the term used is boottopping."
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boot
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Exactly the right definition! It's the strip of other coloured paint that you see around a ship if she is only lightly laden / unladen, but which is mainly hidden when fully laden.
4 hrs
thanks Tony!
agree Daryo
1 day 14 mins
thanks!
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