A block or bearing. Nautical. A block of timber on which the inner end of a bowsprit rests. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows > supports for (4) pillow1626 A block or bearing. Nautical. A block of timber on which the inner end of a bowsprit rests. Obsolete. knight-head1711 (a) One of two large timbers in a vessel that rise obliquely from the keel behind the stem, one on each side, and support the bowsprit, which is… bollard-timber1844 A wooden or iron post, on a ship, a whale-boat, or a quay, for securing ropes to. Also attributive, as in bollard-head, bollard-timber (see quot.). bedc1860 In various technical uses (from 10 11). Carpentry. A support or rest, e.g. for a ship on the stocks, for the lodging of a bowsprit, etc. |
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