meaning of bilge
1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
2. That part of a ships hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
3. Bilge water.
4. To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
5. To bulge.
6. To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
7. To cause to bulge.
8. where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
Related Words
bilge | bilge keel | bilge pump | bilge water | bilge well | bilged | bilges | bilgewater |
