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a-cock-bill Naut.
Having the bills or tapering ends cocked or pointing upwards. Said of the anchor when it hangs from the cathead ready for dropping, and also of the yards of a vessel, when they are placed at an angle with the deck.
1708Sea Dict. s.v. Anchor, The Anchor is a Cock-bell, when the Anchor hangs up and down by the Ship's Side. 1833Pen. Cycl. I. 507/1 An anchor is said..to be ‘a cock-bill,’ when hanging vertically. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 198 To put the yards a-cock-bill is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A sign of mourning. |