straight bow

One technique to achieving a straight bow is as follows.

She had a straight bow, two funnels and four masts.

She was distinguished from the Iris by her straight bow, which gave her a slightly shorter length of 315 feet.

Whale fired four straight bow shots with one hit observed between the bow and stack.

The classical hull of the cutter, with straight bow and spoon shaped stern, was built form oak.

As with other German capital ships, Bismarck was originally built with a straight bow.

(This was replaced by a straight bow).

No matter what attack or bow stroke is used, most violinists use a straight bow stroke, keeping the bow perpendicular to the string.

Most vessels had a straight bow with characteristic upsweep of the gunwale and a luxury accommodation for living at the back of the ship, from which the name derives.

Many were "Hardanger Cutters", with a straight bow and long stern from the Bergen area, others the more rounded "Møre Cutters" from the area around Ålesund.

Dodd had the innovative idea of using double saws to cut the curve of the bow directly out of a plank of wood - rather than bending a straight bow with heat to achieve the curvature.

Bows can also be classified by the bow shape of the limbs when unstrung; in contrast to simple straight bows, a recurve bow has tips that curve away from the archer when the bow is unstrung.

The basic stances of Hasayfu Hung Ga are the straight bow and staggered bow stances, staggered horse stance, cat stance, twist stance, and the Yee-Gee Kim-Yeung Ma.

At the strongest point, the cast steel prow is 50 cm (19 in) thick and bow shaped to aid in icebreaking, the curve applying greater and more dynamic force to fracture the ice than a straight bow would.