dreadnought bow

Italian translation: prua rovescia

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English term or phrase:dreadnought bow
Italian translation:prua rovescia
Entered by: CristianaITA

10:35 Feb 20, 2017
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
English term or phrase: dreadnought bow
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La frase completa è "Suddenly the dreadnought bows of their foiling, carbon-fibre catamaran drop down and spear into the waters in twin plumes of blue and white spray."

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CristianaITA
prua rovescia
Explanation:
dreadnought = Meaning approximately "fear(s) nothing", the word first came into use as a name for a class of large ships, dominant during the early 20:th century.


The word also commonly appears as a synonym for just about anything "big" or, in some cases, strong, impressive of awe-inspiring.

In ship design, an inverted bow (occasionally also referred to as reverse bow) is a ship's or large boat's bow whose farthest forward point is not at the top. The result may somewhat resemble a submarine's bow. Inverted bows maximize the length of waterline and hence the hull speed, and have often better hydrodynamic drag than ordinary bows. On the other hand, they have very little reserve buoyancy and tend to dive under waves instead of piercing or going over them.

The Oracle America's Cup Catamaran has inverted bows. This has become more common on modern racing multi hulled sailboats with the America's Cup boats being some of the most advanced designs.

http://www.smalltridesign.com/Trimaran-Articles/design/rever...

https://books.google.it/books?id=sYq8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT290&lpg=P...

http://farevela.net/cms/2016/12/21/rolex-sydney-hobart-sono-...

Prua rovescia o rovesciata

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prua rovescia


Explanation:
dreadnought = Meaning approximately "fear(s) nothing", the word first came into use as a name for a class of large ships, dominant during the early 20:th century.


The word also commonly appears as a synonym for just about anything "big" or, in some cases, strong, impressive of awe-inspiring.

In ship design, an inverted bow (occasionally also referred to as reverse bow) is a ship's or large boat's bow whose farthest forward point is not at the top. The result may somewhat resemble a submarine's bow. Inverted bows maximize the length of waterline and hence the hull speed, and have often better hydrodynamic drag than ordinary bows. On the other hand, they have very little reserve buoyancy and tend to dive under waves instead of piercing or going over them.

The Oracle America's Cup Catamaran has inverted bows. This has become more common on modern racing multi hulled sailboats with the America's Cup boats being some of the most advanced designs.

http://www.smalltridesign.com/Trimaran-Articles/design/rever...

https://books.google.it/books?id=sYq8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT290&lpg=P...

http://farevela.net/cms/2016/12/21/rolex-sydney-hobart-sono-...

Prua rovescia o rovesciata




    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_bow
    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dreadnought
Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 05:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 165
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Asker: Grazie mille!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel
2 mins

agree  Gabriele Mistretta
24 mins

agree  martini: preferisco prua perforante - http://www.ilgabbiere.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...
27 mins

agree  Francesco Badolato
9 hrs
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