Timberhead
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
"If one refers to af chapman one finds that while only three drawings of comparable ships show boomkins fitted, all drawings of bluff-headed ships show either an extra timberhead or a half-round cutting in the top of the hawse piece to accommodate this spar when needed."
Example
More examples"If one refers to af chapman one finds that while only three drawings of comparable ships show boomkins fitted, all drawings of bluff-headed ships show either an extra timberhead or a half-round cutting in the top of the hawse piece to accommodate this spar when needed."
Etymology
From timber + head.
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