BILDGE of a ship, the bottom of her floor, or the breadth of the place the ship rests on when she is aground. Therefore, bildge-water is that which lies on her floor, and cannot go to the well of the pump: And bildge-pumps, or burr-pumps, are those that carry off the bildge-water. They likewise say the ship is bildged, when she has some of her timber struck off on a rock or anchor, and springs a leak.