billethead
noun
1
: a round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat around which a harpoon line may be run out
2
: a scroll or ornamental carving used in place of a figurehead on a ship
Word History
Etymology
billet entry 3 + head
- Banfora
- banfves
- bang
- bang away
- bang away (at)
- bang away at
- bang for one's buck
- bang for one's dollar
- bang for the buck
- bang for the dollar
- bang heads together
- bang off
- bang on
- bang on about
- bang out
- bang the drum for
- bang to rights
- Bang's disease
- bang-bang
- bang-up
- banga
- bangalay
- Bangalore
- bangalore torpedo
- bangalow