bulkhead

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bulk=head

CIDE DICTIONARY

bulkhead, n. [See Bulk part of a building.].

•  A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.  [1913 Webster]
•  A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.  [1913 Webster]

Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bulkhead, n. an upright partition separating the compartments in a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.

Etymology

bulk stall f. ON b{aacute}lkr + HEAD

THESAURUS

bulkhead

French door, anchorage, anchorage ground, arch dam, archway, back door, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, barway, basin, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brattice, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, buffer state, bulwark, bumper, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, cloison, cofferdam, collision mat, cushion, dam, defense, diaphragm, dike, dissepiment, ditch, dividing line, dividing wall, division, dock, dockage, dockyard, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, dry dock, earthwork, embankment, fence, fender, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, gravity dam, groin, harbor, harborage, hatch, hatchway, haven, hydraulic-fill dam, interseptum, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, lintel, logjam, marina, mat, midriff, midsection, milldam, moat, mole, moorings, mound, pad, panel, parapet, paries, partition, party wall, pier, porch, port, portal, portcullis, porte cochere, postern, property line, propylaeum, protected anchorage, pylon, quay, rampart, road, roadblock, roads, roadstead, rock-fill dam, scuttle, seaport, seawall, separation, septulum, septum, shipyard, shock pad, shutter dam, side door, slip, stile, stone wall, storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike, turnstile, wall, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work

ROGET THESAURUS

bulkhead

Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.

VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.