Synonyms
Examples for "ballast"
Examples for "ballast"
1
A minute later, ballast men slide into view in the secondary shaft.
2
The hatch closed, and I heard water hissing in the ballast tanks.
3
Partridge rubbed his chin and said, 'Well, she's not in ballast, sir.
4
The site contains evidence of the galleon's original structure, ballast and endowment.
5
The turtles, however, were stowed in the hold, and served as ballast.
1
There was the machine- gun platform, with a long, empty belt still lying on it.
2
I then continued to the after end of ship, took station on after gun platform.
3
It furnishes a steady gun platform, which, with the necessary speed, is the most vital feature of a submarine chaser.
4
He saw the men on the rear gun platform look for him, and he was over them before they could react.
5
The men on the front gun platform called in and said they were being surrounded by Frenchmen, some of whom were armed.