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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | © The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

tuck, the shape of the afterbody of a ship under its stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks or plates fit into the tuck-rail or tuck plate.

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