bilges
Ship's lowest compartments
The bilges are the lowest interior compartments of a ship's hull, where water collects.
Because this water stagnates, bilge or bilge water suggests foulness: The place smelled like bilge.
Figuratively, bilge means nonsense or rubbish: Don't give me that bilge.
To bilge a vessel is to damage its hull below the waterline.
Maintain in grasp
- keelHull's structural base
- hullOuter covering or frame
- pumpsLaceless dress shoes
- sumpDrain pit below grade
drainage · tanks · bulkhead · deck · watertight · freeboard · below decks · engine room
Having foul odor
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- murkyDark and unclear
- dankDisagreeably cold and wet
sludge · sediment · miasma · decay · reek · noxious · foul · stench
hold
Maintain in grasp
sump · drainage · tanks · bulkhead · deck · watertight · freeboard · below decks · engine room · ballast
fetid
Having foul odor
dank · sludge · sediment · miasma · decay · reek · noxious · foul · stench · seepage
pumps
Laceless dress shoes
rust · corrosion · sludge · sediment · seawater · barnacles · algae · drydock · shipyard · dock
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
balderdash · twaddle · bunk · rot · tripe · garbage · hooey · poppycock · malarkey · claptrap
bilgesdeck
Ship's flat surface
upper deck · topside · superstructure · bridge · quarterdeck
bilgestruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · verities · gospel truth · gospel · wisdom
- bilge waterDirty water in ship's bottom
- bilge pumpShip's water-removal device
- bilge ratMaritime term of contempt