The lower part of a frame which runs across the bottom of the ship is usually called the floor plate or, more shortly, the floor, and it forms part of the double bottom structure of the hull .
Indawo engezantsi kwisakhelo esihamba kumphantsi wenqanawa idla ngokubizwa ngokuba sisigqumi somgangatho waphantsi, okanye, ngama futshane, umgangatho, kwaye wenza inxalenye yomphantsi uphindaphindiweyo wesakhiwo sesiqu senqanawa.