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shell plating

DEFINITIONS OF: shell plating

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n the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship

Type of:
plate, scale, shell
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
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