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billetheads

billetheads is the plural of billethead.

Meaning of billethead

Noun

billethead (plural billetheads)

  1. A carved wooden decoration, usually at the bow of a vessel, generally smaller than a figurehead
    • we painted her on the outside, giving her open ports in her streak, and finishing off the nice work upon the stern, where sat Neptune in his car, holding his trident, drawn by sea-horses; and re-touched the gilding and coloring of the cornucopia which ornamented her billet-head.1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC

Questions about billetheads

What is billetheads the plural of?
Billetheads is the plural of billethead.

Words near billetheads in the dictionary

  1. billetee
  2. billetees
  3. billeter
  4. billeters
  5. billethead
  6. billetheads
  7. billeting
  8. billetings
  9. billetless
  10. billets
  11. billets-doux

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