Bilge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Nautical.
    • either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
    • (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
    • a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
    • seepage accumulated in bilges.
  2. bilge water (def. 2).
  3. the widest circumference or belly of a cask.
verb (used without object), bilged, bilg·ing.
  1. Nautical.
    • to leak in the bilge.
    • (of white paint) to turn yellow.
  2. to bulge or swell out.
verb (used with object), bilged, bilg·ing.
  1. to damage (a hull bottom) so as to create an entry for seawater.
noun
  1. the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom
  2. the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom
  3. the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge
  4. silly rubbish; nonsense
  5. the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask
verb
  1. (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge
  2. to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak
Bilge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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