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Knee-Knocker
Navy
Definition
The raised steel frame at the bottom of a watertight doorway on a ship. Exists to keep water out during flooding. Actually exists to destroy your shins at 0200 when you're stumbling to watch.
Example Usage
"Boot didn't pick up his feet going through the hatch and ate a knee-knocker so hard the corpsman thought he fractured his tibia."