Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An upper end of a timber that projects above a deck and is used as a bollard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, the top end of a timber, rising above the deck, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.: otherwise called
kevel-head .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also
kevel head .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The top end of a
timber , rising above thegunwale , and serving forbelaying ropes , etc.
Etymologies
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timber + head
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Examples
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A shot whipped out the timberhead which held the fore staysail sheets.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
reesetee commented on the word timberhead
The top end of a ship's timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
February 15, 2008