Sentence examples for the watertight from inspiring English sources
adjective
So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
He has managed to keep the watertight skirt around himself and the hull.
Although damage was extensive, only six of the watertight compartments flooded, and the ship remained afloat.
Everything — from the watertight floor to the computer programs that operate the machinery — was custom-made.
But the hull was fine and all the watertight compartments were dry.
Houston installed the watertight doors in its pedestrian tunnels only after flooding caused extensive damage during record rainfall from Tropical Storm Alison in 2001.
Among the innovations he helped introduce and popularize were bulkheads, the watertight compartments in front of and behind the boat's cockpit.
There are 267 traditions enshrined so far, with 27 described as "in need of urgent safeguarding," including "the watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks".
One of the difficulties in making the case watertight concerns the complex biology of HMGB1.
Apply a dab of silicone to any hole going through the sill before installing the screws, keeping the door watertight.
The bulkheads were sealed, so the undamaged watertight compartments up forward kept the half hull floating.
Investigators continue to find more material evidence and cracks have appeared in the formerly watertight seal around the Preventiva and its membership.
