A protective device specially designed to cover an area surrounding the fuel inlet on a rocket or spacecraft.

1. A board on an interior wall beneath a windowsill.

2. The vertical rear panel of a sink attached to a wall.

3. A section of a concrete slab extending beyond the face of a building on adjacent ground. Also known as skirt; skirting.

4. A vertical panel installed behind a sink or lavatory.

1. A hard-surfaced area, usually paved, adjacent to a ship or the like, used to park, load, unload, or service vehicles.

2. A covering of a material such as concrete or timber over soil to prevent erosion by flowing water, as at the bottom of a dam.

3. A concrete or wooden shield that is situated along the bank of a river, along a sea wall, or below a dam.

4. In a railroad system, a bridge structure that carries tracks and is hinged to land for connecting the deck of a railroad-car ferry to the shore.

See <<outwash plain>>

See <<ram>>

A plate serving to protect or cover a machine.

A canvas-covered frame set at such an angle in the miner's rocker that the gravel and water passing over it are carried to the head of the machine.

1. That portion of the superior slope of a parapet or the interior slope of a pit designed to protect the slopes against blast.

2. The hinged portion of a shield.

3. A removal screen of camouflage material placed over or in front of artillery guns.