turbot-like

Updated: September 3, 2025

The double water-tight bottom of the Livadia is three feet six inches deep at the centre, and two feet nine inches at each end. In this turbot-like lower part is the machinery, and it is the receptacle also for coals and stores of all kinds.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships