floor guide (florgid)

In ship - building, a narrow flexible piece of timber placed between the floor-ribbon and the keel. floor-hanger (flor'hanger), n. A shaft-bearing secured to the floor, and used for running countershafts and lines when they cannot conveniently be suspended from the ceiling-joists. floor-head (flor'hed), n. In ship-building, an outer end of the floor-timbers. Floor-hanger. These [molds] extend on each side of the ship as high as the floor head , and are formed of battens. The arle, Naval Arch., § 41.