porte de bordée

English translation: shell door

12:12 Mar 12, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
French term or phrase: porte de bordée
list of bits and pieces... there is no context except that other items confirm that this is nautical
Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:00
English translation:shell door
Explanation:
SHELL DOOR, Outer opening above water level, enabling access for stores, pilots, passenger gangways ...
members.chello.at/seefahrtschule-mag/glossary.htm

This keeps the vessel’s side SHELL DOOR or ramps accessible also ...
www.nortonlilly.com/glossary/index.php

SHELL DOOR structures for the 115-m, high-. speed ship being built for the U.S. Navy ...... dices, glossary, etc.) is likely to get every- ...
www.marinelink.com/magazines/Download.aspx?Issue=mn200501

Hatch Cover & SHELL DOOR Tightness Testing Tool. 12/6/2000. Website Promotes Ergonomic Guidelines • Report on Fast Ferry Disaster • Ship of the Year ...
www.marinetalk.com/.../art/Hatch-Cover-and-Shell-Door-Tight...

Hon'ble Administrator convinced the authorities of the HSL about the necessity of the side door (shell-door) to open 180 degrees and rest against the ship's ...
lakshadweep.nic.in/admratvisak.htm

With the ever increasing range of ship SHELL DOOR locations and the desire to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, the development of ...
www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?0409430

EN: SHELL DOOR
FR: porte de bordé
DE: Tür in der Außenhaut
IT: portellone a fasciame
http://reterei.eu/repertorio/trasporti/solas.htm
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4 +3shell door
Bourth (X)
3hull door
Graham macLachlan


  

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hull door


Explanation:
"bordée" either relates to the crew (watch) or the hull (planking) I guess it's a door in the side of the ship, like you see in ferries

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-12 13:27:35 GMT)
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... which each have a large hull door that hydraulically opens outwards to form a boarding .... That honour falls to the Finnish ferry Finnjet of 1977. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-12 13:28:03 GMT)
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starboard hull door and extends 1m horizontally out from the hull. ...
www.maritime.lv/catalogue_companies_list/company_source_588...

Graham macLachlan
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shell door


Explanation:
SHELL DOOR, Outer opening above water level, enabling access for stores, pilots, passenger gangways ...
members.chello.at/seefahrtschule-mag/glossary.htm

This keeps the vessel’s side SHELL DOOR or ramps accessible also ...
www.nortonlilly.com/glossary/index.php

SHELL DOOR structures for the 115-m, high-. speed ship being built for the U.S. Navy ...... dices, glossary, etc.) is likely to get every- ...
www.marinelink.com/magazines/Download.aspx?Issue=mn200501

Hatch Cover & SHELL DOOR Tightness Testing Tool. 12/6/2000. Website Promotes Ergonomic Guidelines • Report on Fast Ferry Disaster • Ship of the Year ...
www.marinetalk.com/.../art/Hatch-Cover-and-Shell-Door-Tight...

Hon'ble Administrator convinced the authorities of the HSL about the necessity of the side door (shell-door) to open 180 degrees and rest against the ship's ...
lakshadweep.nic.in/admratvisak.htm

With the ever increasing range of ship SHELL DOOR locations and the desire to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, the development of ...
www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?0409430

EN: SHELL DOOR
FR: porte de bordé
DE: Tür in der Außenhaut
IT: portellone a fasciame
http://reterei.eu/repertorio/trasporti/solas.htm


Bourth (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael GREEN: I was wondering about suggesting something Nelsonian like "entry porte" but your impressive list of links (esp. the last one) convinces me ...
27 mins

agree  Jack Dunwell: "Shell door", it's an education. Logical.
48 mins

agree  Miranda Joubioux (X): Makes sense from my definitions of bordé (NB: no extra "e"!)
3 hrs
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