A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached. (noun)
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft. (noun)
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition. (noun)
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure. (noun)
A retaining wall along a waterfront. (noun)
Examples of word bulkhead
And the best seats include exit row seats or seats that in what are known as the bulkhead, the first row of seats.
"You apparently decided the bulkhead was a paper hoop and tried to dive through it," said Paresi.
This bulkhead, which is about four feet high, should be raised to a height of about eight feet.
On a shelf set in the bulkhead was a chart, a telephone receiver, speaking tubes, dials with red and black hands, an array of electrometers, pressure gauges.
Along the bulkhead are the fancy cracker boxes, tempting a man to take one every time he goes below, and under the racks are our kerosene and molasses barrels.