planking of the sides of the hull; (more specifically) the planking of the stern to hold the rudder
köken: Compound of 梶 (kaji, “paper mulberry; rudder”) + 木 (ki, “tree; wood”). This appears to be a convergence or conflation of similar terms in traditional Japanese shipbuilding. * The 加敷 or 加鋪 (kajiki, literally “additional laying”), also called the 根棚 (nedana, literally “root planks”), refers to the planks immediately adjacent to the 敷 (shiki, the central base-most planks, roughly analogous to the…
a swordfish (Xiphias gladius); a large marine fish with a long, pointed bill · a marlin; any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira · a sailfish; a fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back