(architecture) A blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings.

(engineering) A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

(law) The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the rents and profits.

Either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

(idiomatic) An absolute or total loss.

(nautical) A wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course.

An angle or space which cannot be seen or defended from behind the parapet of a fortification.

(shipbuilding) A storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door.

(nautical) The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.

(nautical) An elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.