spant

Noun

 * 1)  a frame, a rib (beam running from the keel (bottom) to the gunwale (top edge) of a boat, sometimes also of longitudinal beams)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a frame, a rib (beam running from the keel (bottom) to the gunwale (top edge) of a boat, sometimes also of longitudinal beams)