n.
1.(shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side
Idiom of the Day
pull (something) to pieces
to find serious fault with something, to criticize something very severely
The politician tried hard to pull the proposal to pieces.