bilge
(noun) where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
bilge, bilge water
(noun) water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
bilge, take in water
(verb) take in water at the bilge; “the tanker bilged”
bilge
(verb) cause to leak; “the collision bilged the vessel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bilge (countable and uncountable, plural bilges)
(nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
(uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle bilged)
(nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
(intransitive) To bulge or swell.
(nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
• blige, gibel
Source: Wiktionary
Bilge, n. Etym: [A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. Belly, Bulge.]
1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
3. Bilge water. Bilge free (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask.
– Bilge pump, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship.
– Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive.
– Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.
Bilge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bilged (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilging.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
2. To bulge.
Bilge, v. t.
1. (Naut.)
Definition: To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
2. To cause to bulge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
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