Pushknee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.

    "The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge."

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"The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge."

Etymology

From push + knee.

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