Maierform
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English
Etymology
From German Maier + Form, after Austrian engineer Fritz F. Maier.
Noun
Maierform (uncountable)
- (attributive, nautical) A design of hull for a ship.
- 1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
- The latest steamer built for these passages is worthy of more than a passing reference in that she is a pioneer. Isle of Sark is the first cross-channel steamer to have a Maierform hull. The bows are so shaped as to reduce the resistance of the ship in calm weather, while enabling a higher speed to be maintained in heavy seas.