Dictionary
sheer' plan"
Naval Archit.
a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc. Also called
profile plan. Cf.
body plan, half-breadth plan. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.